Hooded Plover
COMMON NAME: Hooded Plover
CATEGORIES: Beach Inlet Beach-nesting
This iconic little bird has a distinctive black cap, red bill with a black tip and a red ring around the eye.
They are resident along the spit, where they lay their eggs in a scrape in the sand above the high tide mark.
They are extremely vulnerable to predation, disturbance by people and dogs, and severe weather events.
Despite a catastrophic decline in numbers, we are very fortunate to still have several nesting pairs on the spit.
*These Local Notes are provided by
Leanne Cusack & Diane Carpenter
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GALLERY photos taken in and around Sandy Point & Shallow Inlet.
*Photographed by Leanne Cusack (unless otherwise credited)
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