Walking west from the Rye car park around 200 metrers you will see the rope fencing and signs set out by Parks Victoria.

This chick is difficult to find so please don’t get too close. Try to locate the chick from a distance.

Following is a note from the president of the Friends of the Hooded Plover re the AGM.

It is now 14 months since we incorporated and our 1st Annual General Meeting will be held at 10am Monday 14th November at the Parks Victoria Offices ,Hinton Street, Rosebud.

It has been an exciting and worthwhile 14 months and the future of our Hoodies must be better with the increasing levels of interest in their well being. We are hoping all our members will be present at our 1st  AGM to hear about the past and present challenges  our Hoodies have presented to Parks Victoria Rangers over the past 21 years.

Hoodies are now nesting all over the Mornington Peninsula; two beaches have chicks on them already.  Your support means even more today.

This meeting is for all interested people, so please bring along anyone you feel might like to involved in our Hoodies and their survival as a species.

Please find attached an AGM notice, Committee Nomination form and Membership Renewal form.

If by some terrible chance you cannot attend to vote, you may appoint a proxy to vote for you. The Secretary (Val Ford) needs to be given formal notice no later than 24 hours before the AGM and a form 3 Proxy form must be used.

Membership fees can be paid on the day and please remember to RSVP by Thursday 10th November

I hope to meet all members on the 14th to celebrate the successes we have had so far.

Diane Lewis

President

hploversmornpen@gmail.com

Friends of the Hooded Plover (Mornington Pennsula) Inc

FoHP membership renewal – final

There is said to be Hooded Plover chicks at Koonya beach, (end of Hughes Road, Blairgowrie). Malcolm is away for the weekend, so the exact location is not known but if you want to help grab a reflective jacket, (left over from a recent party?) and some binoculars.

Oh yeah, there may also be a dead whale on the beach, (just saying)

The general location is shown below.

Sometime on Saturday 29th of October, around midday the St Andrew chick may have died. This has not been confirmed but it has not been seen over three visits.

There is another chick at Rye, (see below) but there will be no wardening at this stage.

It’s been difficult to work out the age of the St Andrews chick but nevertheless, it survived the weekend (22 – 23rd October) and it’s growing. The next big hurdle will be the cup weekend. Stay tuned and if you want to help contact Malcolm on 0403 997 831. Especially for next weekend.

Location of the chick is below.

The newly hatched Hooded Plover chick at St Andrews beach has survived it’s first weekend. If it survives another two, it will have a good chance to fledge.

Should you want to be a warden and help this chick survive, contact Malcolm on 0403 997 831 or at seawish@aapt.net.au

The chick can be found at the location below.

There is a Hooded Plover chick at St Andrew Beach on the Mornington Peninsula.

If you want to be a volunteer warden for this chick contact Malcolm on 0403 99 78 31.

See the map below to see where the chick is located.