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Hooded Plover

Locality: Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9347 0757

Address: Suite 2-05, 60 Leicester Street 3053 Carlton, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.birdlife.org.au/projects/beach-nesting-birds

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25.01.2022 WOW! The winners of the ANSTO's Shorebird Competition have been announced! We're absolutely mind blown by the talent of hundreds of primary students across Australia! If you haven't yet, make sure to check out all the posters https://bit.ly/3kJyOmZ and winners https://bit.ly/32Vl4zu, you won't be disappointed! Hats off to these truly inspiring legends!... BirdLife Australia East Asian - Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) The Overwintering Project Australian National Shorebird Monitoring

24.01.2022 Incredibly heart wrenching to watch. There is so much work to be done worldwide for ground/beach-nesting birds. This video shows the amazing resilience of the birds and of Ailsa to help them, she reminds me of so many of our wonderfully dedicated volunteers. I hope the banded dotterels get all the support they need. Banded Dotterel Study Kaikoura https://play.stuff.co.nz/details/_6203720732001

24.01.2022 And one more of why we #LoveAPlover! They're masters of camouflage! Can you spot a grown-up Hooded Plover chick in the first photo? Can you find the nest in the second photo? #PloverAppreciationDay BirdLife Australia

22.01.2022 Time for our migratory plovers! These birds are migration champions! They travel thousands of km every year between their breeding and non-breeding grounds, along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Habitat loss and degradation in their stop-over feeding grounds are an important threat for these species. There are at least six species (excluding vagrants) that come to spend the austral summer to Australia’s coastline, after breeding in the Arctic tundra over June and July. Du...ring their time in Australia, they feed constantly to get fat and enough reserved for their long trip back to the tundra! Well, there is an exception! We have one migratory plover that spends winter with us and breeds in New Zealand. Do you know which one? Keep reading to find out! In Australia, we often find migratory plovers in their non-breeding plumage, but we’ve added drawings from our BirdLife Australia's 'Shorebirds Identification booklet' to show you their colour diversity! BirdLife Australia Australian National Shorebird Monitoring Threatened Species Commissioner East Asian - Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) #PloverAppreciationDay #LoveAPlover

22.01.2022 WE HAVE LIFT OFF!! Our first fledglings for the season have been confirmed on Victoria's Shipwreck Coast! Aren't they adorable?! With more local travel expected while the borders are closed, people are holidaying closer to home more than ever before, so please be mindful of the local nesting hoodies, and hopefully we can share more good news stories like these two fledglings throughout the season! https://www.flickr.com///50556746588/in/dateposted-public/... All photos and footage was taken by a trained BirdLife Australia volunteer, with no disturbance to the fledglings. Photos and footage (C) Kerry Vickers Parks Victoria

21.01.2022 We hear you want more plovers? Here's the Plover Nerd Quiz to test your plover knowledge and how much you learned this #PloverAppreciationDay! Head to https://surveymonkey.com/r/PloverNerd and check how plover-savvy you are! #LoveAPlover #PAD2020... BirdLife Australia Threatened Species Commissioner Ontario Piping Plover Conservation Program Wader Quest Friends of the Hooded Plover Yorke Peninsula Friends of the Hooded Plover - Mornington Peninsula

21.01.2022 Good morning! It’s #PloverAppreciationDay!!! September 16 is a day to celebrate all things plover to raise awareness about the plight of this amazing group of birds that are often overlooked and misunderstood. Stay with us today to learn about their biology, ecology, behaviour and conservation! We'll also keep sharing #HoodedPlover art from our young plover lovers!... Tell us about your favourite plover and show off your plover outfits using the #LoveAPlover #PloverAppreciationDay hashtags. If you don’t #LoveAPlover yet, you will by the end of today! BirdLife Australia Threatened Species Commissioner

21.01.2022 If you’re around Port Fairy this weekend, come say hi with your pooch and learn about your local beach-nesting birds and how you can help them when you walk your dog on the beach. We’ll be Port Fairy East Beach, next to the Beach St carpark from 8am with free breakfast, dog treats and much more! See you all there! *This event has been registered and approved by VIC DHHS, check the attached COVID-19 checklist. #ThinkBeachBirds #MindTheHoodies... BirdLife Australia Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Parks Victoria See more

20.01.2022 Absolutely stunning imagery of hoodie chicks on an Adelaide beach, turn the sound on for full enjoyment!

20.01.2022 Attention Kangaroo Islanders! Help the Hoodie Chicks to Fly! National Parks and Wildlife Service KI are running a FREE holiday activity session on Hooded Plovers at Hog Bay beach, Penneshaw on Saturday 10th October, 10:00am to 12:00pm. Drop by the ‘Town Well’ car park on Frenchman’s Terrace Penneshaw to learn about these quirky little threatened beach birds. ... Play the ‘Hoodie Chicks’ board game to see how tough their life is and how you can help them to survive and thrive. (If raining, the session will be under cover outside the Post Office/ Community Service Centre) Hope to see you all there! The Islander Kangaroo Island Council Kangaroo Island Landscape Board National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia Authentic Kangaroo Island Birds SA

18.01.2022 This is a new and very exciting partnership with The Unusual Pet Vets! James and The Unusual Pet Vets team will help us raise awareness about beach-nesting birds so we can reach a broader audiences this breeding season! Watch this space! #ThinkBeachBirds #MindTheHoodies BirdLife Australia Friends of the Hooded Plover Yorke Peninsula Friends of the Hooded Plover - Mornington Peninsula

18.01.2022 With funding support from the Victorian Government’s Icon Species Fund, our specialist team of banders have been targeting individual birds from different parts of Victoria for genetic sampling. The team are specialised in catching these very clever birds using a special trap, and each bird is measured, weighed and a drop of blood taken from the tarsal vein. The birds are tagged each with a metal band (with a unique number supplied by the Australian Government’s ABBBS) and an engraved white flag with two unique letters. We have caught birds as far west now as Discovery Bay and as far east as Corner Inlet! Another expedition to go and we will have a comprehensive set from across the Victorian coast! Delwp Victoria DELWP PortPhillip DELWP BarwonSouthWest DELWP Gippsland Parks Victoria

15.01.2022 Yup! Breeding season has kicked off! #ThinkBeachBirds #MindTheHoodies

15.01.2022 We had 3 more last minute "Draw a Hoodie" entries that we absolutely love! Entries are now closed. Winners will be announced this afternoon (good luck to us picking the three best drawings...). Thank you so much to all kids who got involved! So great to see so many people love our hoodies! #PloverAppreciationDay #LoveAPlover BirdLife Australia Threatened Species Commissioner

14.01.2022 The Beach-nesting Birds program uses a number of online portals to manage the wealth of information that comes through the program. While it would be ideal to have one location for everything, we’ve been limited by funding over the years. We’ve done our best to develop tools and resources tailored to their different uses. For example, during the biennial count, you’ll be aware that we have specific data sheets to ensure we can compare the data from one count to the next. This... data gets entered in to Birdata and you can even use an app in the field to directly collect this information! This is distinct from our access-restricted My Beach Bird portal where only highly trained volunteers or land managers enter this sensitive data about nest monitoring. Below is an outline of each of the portals to assist you with knowing the best place to locate info and report data! We’re always at the end of an email too, so if you’re ever stuck, email [email protected]

14.01.2022 It’s mid November and an even numbered yearwhich means it’s time for the Eastern Hooded Plover biennial count! All suitable ocean beaches across South Australia, Victoria and southern NSW are surveyed within a two-week window to give us our best estimate of population size. We also record threats observed, getting a great overview of the spread of threats facing the birds along their mainland range. This year even parts of Tassie are participating! The count isn’t just a wa...lk on the beach, equipped with a data sheet (or smartphone) and binoculars, our skilled citizen scientists make it possible to survey thousands of kilometres of beach for this incredibly valuable data. We have used this data to demonstrate species decline, leading to its listing as Nationally threatened in 2014. We’ve used it to recognise parts of the coast with the highest breeding bird densities to focus our conservation efforts, and to identify parts of the coast with worrying negative trends where we have then established further monitoring to learn why. We’ve also been able to highlight increases in hoodie populations directly linked to investment in breeding site protection. The count is also a great opportunity for those who are time poor, but have much to offer, enabling them to participate in a meaningful conservation activity! Please share your images of hoodie habitat as you participate in the count this year using #hoodiecount Below are some images from yesterday's survey in Corner Inlet, Victoria National Landcare Program Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority BirdLife Australia Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment Corangamite Catchment Management Authority West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board Kangaroo Island Landscape Board Northern and Yorke Landscape Board Limestone Coast Landscape Board Threatened Species Commissioner Sussan Ley MP NRM North Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board Green Adelaide NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service Parks Victoria DELWP Gippsland DELWP BarwonSouthWest

14.01.2022 Our Coastal Birds Program leader, Grainne, was keeping her Hooded Plover outfit for #PloverAppreciationDay! We think she's outdone herself! In her own words: "Last but not least, plover outfit 5. The Hooded Plover is my favourite plover, possibly because so many of my happy memories are linked to this species. Hoodies are so clever with their camouflage and distraction behaviours. They are determined and will renest until time runs out, sometimes as many as seven times in a s...eason. It is this determination and drive that inspires me and so many others to continue to fight their extinction." #PloverAppreciationDay #PAD2020 #loveaplover #hoodedplover BirdLife Australia Threatened Species Commissioner

12.01.2022 The thousand (I mean four) faces of Grainne! Our program leader has been having some fun in the lead up to #PloverAppreciationDay and has come up with some great plover outfits! Are you up for the challenge? Show us your best plover fashion! #LoveAPlover #PAD2020 #WhoWoreItBetter #love4shorebirds... BirdLife Australia See more

12.01.2022 Long weekend around the corner! #MindTheHoodies and #ThinkBeachBirds when you’re on the beach, there are many chicks on the gorund at the moment along Australia’s southern beaches!

12.01.2022 Well, this sure has been one of the toughest decision of the year, but we have our 'Draw a Hoodie' winners! However, because we LOVE all the drawings so much and these kids are all champions, we'll send you all some Hooded Plover goodies! We'll be in touch Best drawing goes to Maya (9) - Amazing composition! Second best drawing goes to Lucas (9) - Great capture of hoodies in motion! Third best drawing goes to Rumi (6) - Amazing skills and colours!... Huge shout out to our amazing volunteer, Inala, who put together the steps to draw a hoodie! Please enjoy all the drawings that have been entered by these talented kids! THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OUR HOODIE LEGENDS FOR THEIR DRAWINGS!!!! #PloverAppreciationDay #LoveAPlover #MindTheHoodies #ThinkBeachBirds BirdLife Australia Threatened Species Commissioner

12.01.2022 Why we #LoveAPlover? Find out some of our reasons in the photos! But this is not an exhaustive list! We sure have many more reasons! Do you? #PloverAppreciationDay BirdLife Australia Threatened Species Commissioner Ontario Piping Plover Conservation Program Wader Quest

11.01.2022 Join the Wader Conservation World Watch and stand up for shorebirds around the world this weekend! Every year since 2014, Wader Quest celebrates their anniversary on the first weekend of November with an international event - Wader Conservation World Watch (WCWW). All you need to do is going out to see shorebirds, email your sightings (or no sightings!) to [email protected] and spread the word! Yes, that easy! You don't need to register anywhere and it doesn't matter how ma...ny species you see or if you see any at all! This is all about celebrating shorebirds and everyone who's involved in their conservation! More info https://bit.ly/3kwZEyN #WCWW BirdLife Australia Australian National Shorebird Monitoring

11.01.2022 Nesting is now well underway. Be careful during your visit to the beach these holidays and watch your step!

11.01.2022 Plovers are a diverse bunch that come in all shapes and sizes. Some of our plovers are seasonal visitors, flying from far flung corners of the world each year, and others are residents that live here all year round. They are ground nesters, and their nest is a shallow scrape in the open ground! Some of them are our familiar urban neighbours and others are shy and endangered beach nesters. And yes! We’re including lapwings and dotterels! The family Charadriidae includes two su...bfamilies, Charadriinae (plovers + dotterels) and Vanellinae (lapwings). So you could think of it as if plovers and dotterels are like siblings and lapwings are their cousins. To honour all plovers of Australia, we’ll share with you some fun facts of all species we can find here. We’ll start with our resident plovers! Scroll through to learn about each one of them. #PloverAppreciationDay #LoveAPlover BirdLife Australia Threatened Species Commissioner

11.01.2022 Plover Appreciation Day is also a day to appreciate all our volunteers! They're the ones who make this recovery program possible! Without our army of volunteers, our most threatened beach-nesting bird, the Hooded Plover, and the other beach nesters would have it even harder to succeed! SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MILLION TIMES! If you're interested in joining the team - https://beachvol.birdlife.org.au/login/index.php #PloverAppreciationDay #loveaplover... BirdLife Australia Friends of the Hooded Plover Yorke Peninsula Friends of the Hooded Plover - Mornington Peninsula See more

10.01.2022 It's been a blast! We're stoked to see how much love there is for plovers all around the world! We hope you have enjoyed the day and have learned one or two things about plovers! Stay tuned because we'll launch a quiz tomorrow to test how much you've learned! And please, keep the conversation going with #PloverAppreciationDay and #LoveAPlover hashtags! Time for us to wrap Plover Appreciation Day up reminding four easy things you can do to help our Hooded Plovers and other bea...ch-nesting birds! Keep an eye out for nesting and chick signs and fences Stay away from fenced areas Walk on the water's edge Keep your dog on the leash when you're on a hoodie beach #PloverAppreciationDay #loveaplover BirdLife Australia See more

10.01.2022 Join BirdLife Australia tomorrow in asking for stronger nature laws!

08.01.2022 Look at our team all geared up for the beach-nesting bird surveys on the barrier islands within Corner Inlet (VIC)! Shout out to Macpac and their staff for their support through the Fund For Good grant! The grant has allowed us to purchase the high-quality hiking gear we need to do these surveys! Besides the backpacks you see here, we also got a tent, rain jackets, clothing and more! Weather on the Corner Inlet barrier islands is unpredictable and wild, but our staff and volunteers will now be ready for anything with our brand-new Macpac gear! THANK YOU! These surveys are funded by Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning and West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority #ThinkBeachBirds #MindTheHoodies

08.01.2022 Friend of the Beach-nesting Birds Program, Rob Mancini is running an online workshop this Saturday 14th November about Birds and Wetlands (primarily for the Hobsons Bay area, but you can join in from anywhere, as it's online). Hobsons Bay Wetland Centre’s Creative Director, Rob Mancini is a graphic designer/artist who works almost exclusively in the conservation and environmental communications sector. He is a passionate amateur naturalist and conservationist. In his persona...l art he often features some of his favourite subjects of interest, namely wetland birds. Rob has created the Beach-nesting Bird Wing Thing Kids Activity Book! This workshop is a great opportunity to learn more about the migratory and resident shorebirds of Hobsons Bay, and also how these birds and places have inspired his gorgeous artwork! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/birds-wetlands-online-workshop Birds and Wetlands Online Workshop with Rob Mancini

07.01.2022 Did you know there is important habitat for migratory shorebirds just few km away form Melbourne CBD? Wanna know more about them? Then join Lindall, our Migratory Shorebirds Project Officer, tomorrow 6th Oct at 4:30 pm AEDT. She'll be talking all things migratory shorebird as part of Connected to Port Phillip's Day by the Bay Online program, which aims to showcase the wonders of Port Phillip Bay. Book here - https://events.humanitix.com/day-by-the-bay-online The Day by the Ba...y Online program is part of the very first Victoria Nature Festival, which runs up to the 11th of October. Check out all the other festival's events here - vic.gov.au/ournature. We hope to see you there! BirdLife Australia Australian National Shorebird Monitoring

06.01.2022 We're loving all your #PloverAppreciationDay posts! Please keep spreading the word and making it hard for our Project Officer, Sonia, to keep up ! #LoveAPlover

05.01.2022 Our Coastal Birds Workshop Series is still going! Registrations for the November workshops are open and we have two new ones! Check the full program and register before it's sold out https://bit.ly/coastworkshop NOVEMBER WORKSHOPS ** NOV 4 - Biennial Count with Birdata ** - https://bit.ly/31LjuPy... ** NOV 9 - Hooded Plover Nest Protection ** - https://bit.ly/2TukkvK ** NOV 10 - Advocacy: reaching influencers ** - https://bit.ly/34waT5h ** NOV 11 - Beach and dune weeds in South Australia and Victoria' **NEW!!** - https://bit.ly/3jyxX7s ** NOV 12 - Introduction to Shorebirds: Part 1 **NEW DATE!!** - https://bit.ly/2G1MzP7 ** ** NOV 25 - Speaking with the public - effective communication ** - https://bit.ly/2HsSo9b #ThinkBeachBirds #ProtectingHoodedPlover BirdLife Australia Australian National Shorebird Monitoring Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment National Landcare Program Glenelg Hopkins CMA Corangamite Catchment Management Authority West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board Kangaroo Island Landscape Board Northern and Yorke Landscape Board Limestone Coast Landscape Board Threatened Species Commissioner Sussan Ley MP Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board NRM North Choose Cradle Coast Green Adelaide

05.01.2022 It's #hoodiecount time! Our Project Officers, Dan and Sonia, have recently surveyed Discovery Bay, from Nelson (VIC) to Cape Bridgewater (VIC), for the Eastern Hooded Plover Biennial Count. Dave from the Glenelg Hopkins CMA joined them as well! This is a stretch of almost 60 km of suitable hoodie habitat, so a good effort and post-lockdown exercise for the counters! The highlight was finding two Hooded Plover chicks (possibly fledglings, as they seemed pretty ready, although... we didn't see them fly!) This is the first time we have recorded hoodie chicks at Discovery Bay in Victoria, so it's exciting to see that some pairs may manage to raise their young! Have you participated in this year's Biennial Count? Share your highlights with us using #hoodiecount! BirdLife Australia National Landcare Program Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment Corangamite Catchment Management Authority West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board Kangaroo Island Landscape Board Northern and Yorke Landscape Board Limestone Coast Landscape Board Threatened Species Commissioner Sussan Ley MP NRM North Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board Green Adelaide NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service Parks Victoria DELWP Gippsland DELWP BarwonSouthWest

05.01.2022 ? Hooded Plover fledgling (a chick who’s reached flying stage) at the Mornington Peninsula! Hoodies are in the peak of their breeding season on south...ern Australia’s beaches and every single fledgling is precious! But without any management, only ~2-3 out of 100 eggs become adult and chances increase dramatically when chicks reach flying stage. This is why we ask you to help us give Hoodie chicks a chance this long weekend. You can enjoy the beach while sharing it with the Hoodies walk on the water’s edge, stay away from fenced areas and keep your dog on the leash. It takes the whole community to get the little fluffs through and we’re so grateful for your help! on behalf of BirdLife Australia's Beach-nesting Birds team (Hooded Plover), their partners and volunteers who work hard to protect the Hoodies, one fledgling at a time. :

04.01.2022 Our cousin across the ditch needs a vote! Banded dotterels (double-banded plovers) visit our shores during winter but are currently breeding in New Zealand, where they struggle against many similar pressures to our hoodies. A vote for bird of the year will help raise their profile!

04.01.2022 Australia has one of the highest extinction rates in the world. Join the Plushie Protest today to let Scott Morrison (ScoMo) and Sussan Ley MP know this extinction crisis is not OK. Our environmental laws MUST protect our unique Australian species. #BeforeItsGone

03.01.2022 Some places still available. BEACH-NESTING BIRDS INFORMATION SESSION Sunday November 29th, West Beach... Discover the life and times of our beach-nesting birds. RSVP Essential https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/beach-nesting-birds-info-se special-birds-on-our-beach-tickets-128595230797 Have you been to the beach lately? If so, you may have seen the signs about birds nesting nearby, or the fenced off areas on the upper part of the beach? Come and learn about what this is all about and discover the incredible and challenging lives of our beach-nesting birds. Through a presentation, BirdLife Australia staff will describe the life of the Hooded Plover and Red-capped Plover before heading out on to the beach to try and view the birds first hand. Format: 1 hour presentation 10am - 11am, followed by optional beach walk at West Beach (30min) When? Sunday November 29th 10am - 11am Presentation 11am - 11:30 Beach Walk (500m, including on soft sand) Where? Henley Sailing Club, 1 Seaview Road, West Beach, SA 5024 Bring water, hat and suitable footwear for short beach walk. Binoculars if you have them. Limited number of places due to Covid-19 restrictions. If you feel unwell please do not attend. For information: [email protected] or 0435 544 939 This project is supported by Green Adelaide, through funding from the Landscape Levy, the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program, BirdLife Australia and City of Charles Sturt Council.

03.01.2022 It's that time of the year again, our Newsletter is here! - https://bit.ly/38tamSb We've had amazing contributions from land managers, volunteers and even overseas, with articles from Wader Quest, Ontario Piping Plover Conservation Program and Banded Dotterel Study Kaikoura! If you're after some nice reading about beach-nesting birds and other shorebirds, check out our new 'Word about the Hood' Summer edition! Enjoy and spread the word!... We'd also love to wish you all a lovely and safe Christmas and Happy New Year! #ThinkBeachBirds #MindTheHoodies BirdLife Australia Hooded Plover Volunteers Friends of the Hooded Plover - Mornington Peninsula Friends of the Hooded Plover Yorke Peninsula Friends of the Hooded Plover Surf Coast - Victoria Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment National Landcare Program Glenelg Hopkins CMA Corangamite Catchment Management Authority West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board Kangaroo Island Landscape Board Northern and Yorke Landscape Board Limestone Coast Landscape Board Green Adelaide Threatened Species Commissioner Sussan Ley MP Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board NRM North Parks Victoria Parks and Wildlife Service, Western Australia Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Tweed Shire Council Macpac

02.01.2022 Visiting a Yorke Peninsula beach these school holidays? Have fun in the surf and sand, but please look out for hooded plovers, their eggs and even their chick...s. These threatened shorebirds, which lay their eggs on the sand, are currently nesting so they are particularly vulnerable in the holidays when beach traffic increases. Some of the eggs are due to hatch during the school break so it's super important that we all take care on the beach. You can help by: Avoiding the dunes (hoodies lay their eggs above the high tide mark) Walking on the wet sand Keeping your dog on a lead . Tag a YP beach-goer you know to help spread the word Find out more about these amazing birds and their gorgeous, fluffy chicks here: https://birdlife.org.au/projects/beach-nesting-birds . Deborah Furbank . . . Copper Coast Council Yorke Peninsula Council Barunga West Council Yorke Peninsula Country Times ABC North and West Hooded Plover Hooded Plover Volunteers Friends of the Hooded Plover Yorke Peninsula BirdLife Australia

01.01.2022 Gorgeous little Red-capped Plovers trying their best to breed on a busy metro Adelaide Beach. BirdLife Australia staff and volunteers, Green Adelaide and the local Council (city of Charles Sturt) working together to give these birds a fighting chance and spreading the message to 'Share our Shores'.

01.01.2022 Wow! Some fine creativity here from Cathy! BRILLIANT! In her own words: "Lunchtime dress-ups for #PloverAppreciationDay because you should always play with your food before you eat it. Who am I putting cheese on my face for? The much maligned but undoubtedly awesome Masked Lapwing (AKA Spur-winged Plover). There are two subspecies of the Masked Lapwing in Australia, the northern Vanellus miles miles with the much bigger yellow face flaps (lol) and the southern Vanellus miles ...novaehollandiae with the smaller triangles and more black on head and neck. Although some people find these large urban birds scary, it's important to remember that they are just protecting their chicks from what they perceive as a big, dangerous predator!" #LoveAPlover BirdLife Australia