Hooded Plover, Bawley Point

Joshua Lobb, Plumwood Mountain, April 2021

'Every breeding season, the texta-smeared message changes.  
Something like: 
Eggs laid 1; chicks 1; fledglings 0. Fox predation. 

Or: 
Eggs: 3; chicks: 2; fledglings: 0. Storm surge. 

Or: 
Eggs: 3; chicks: 0. Ravens suspected.  

Or:  
No nesting recorded. Erosion.  

One year, they just wrote:  
No eggs. Human intervention.'