Sunday, February 05, 2012

Hooded Plovers

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Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis, Lake Pollard, WA, Australia).  Image has been cropped and sharpened.

Thanks to the expert guidance of John Graff I finally caught up with a pair of these fantastic little birds - Hooded Plovers.  The 6km (round trip) walk to Lake Pollard was well worth the effort.  Also of note were the incredible numbers of Australian Shelduck (2500+) and Black Swans (1500+) on Lake Pollard.  These Hooded Plovers take my bird life list to 258.

3 comments:

Alan said...

You're running out of "easy" species to see Greg! What's next on the target list?

John said...

Photo's turned out pretty well! Was a short 6km though I think!

Greg Howell said...

Fair enough, felt like a long walk in my welly boots!