Shorebird ID request - immature VO
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Shorebird ID request - immature VO
Walking with rapid footsteps and pauses along the tideline by the Auckland NW motorway this afternoon, with two VOs, about two hours after full tide. I thought it must be a Pacific plover but the bill looks too long and too wide and yellow at the base.
Last edited by Jim Kirker on Tue Dec 12, 2017 8:40 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Shorebird ID request
Hi Jim
It is the nearly fully-feathered chick of the variable oystercatcher pair.
Cheers
Colin
It is the nearly fully-feathered chick of the variable oystercatcher pair.
Cheers
Colin
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Re: Shorebird ID request
A family of Variable oystercatchers.
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Re: Shorebird ID request
Thanks Colin and Clinton, I actually wrote a note "? young VO" because of the down but the bill seemed wrong and I was hoping for something really rare. The adults played injured and flew at me until I backed off, which would fit.