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| Oriental Plover |
I finally got around to getting down to the Kakadu wader roost on the western shore of Bribie Island where birding friend Tom Tarrant found an Oriental Plover last week.
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| Oriental Plover |
The bird at high tide was about half-way between the two hides. It was not immediately obvious as it was initially sitting in longish grass.
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| Oriental Plover & Mongolian Plover |
Because the tide was very high (2m+) there were quite a few waders roosting here. Waders generally prefer Toorbul across the Pumicestone Passage to Kakadu, but very high tides will see fair numbers using Kakadu. The plover was generally by itself but occasionally mixed loosely with a flock of Mongolian Plovers and Red-necked Stints.
Oriental Plover is a very rare summer visitor to south-east Queensland, usually occurring on short-grassed flats further inland.
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| Mongolian Plover |
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| Red-necked Stint |
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| Beach Stone-Curlew & Pied Oystercatcher |
The resident pair of Beach Stone-Curlew was showing nicely.
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| Black-tailed Godwit |
Before going to Kakadu I called in to the above-mentioned Toorbul wader roost, looking in vain for an Asian Dowitcher seen there recently. Some of the other waders here - above and below.
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| Great Knot, Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel |
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| Grey-tailed Tattler |
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| Black-necked Stork |
I also visited Buckley's Hole on Bribie Island. A Black-necked Stork seen there recently was still about. This is the second adult male of this species I've seen in two days (the other was yesterday at
Lake Macdonald).
