MEGA RARITY ON THE COAST - KENTISH PLOVER!

Kentish Plover [J Cooksley]

Noosa birder and now legend Jane Cooksley discovered a fantastic bird near the River Mouth in Noosa. A Kentish Plover! Perhaps the third or fourth record of this specie for the country the news of the finding spread quickly and a small avalanche of birders [twitchers if you will] from the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane quickly arrived. By Sunday the 23rd [perhaps 24 hours after its discovery] many had seen the bird. Many had to be satisfied with distant scope views however some managed, as Jane's pic above shows, got closer via boat.