Seen today at high tide 11am. Flew from Western shellbank to the storage basin on Island Rd and fed along the edge. Last record I can find of one here was October 2015. Could it be the same individual?
Also of note was this weird shag. Associating with the Little blacks however it had a paler bill and yellow on the face, which this species never shows. But looks too small for a black shag? How plausible is a hybrid bird?
Little egret - Mangere Sewage Ponds
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Re: Little egret - Mangere Sewage Ponds
Hi Oscar,
We saw this bird on Wednesday afternoon last, a couple of hours after high tide. It flew in and landed at the far end of the storage pond, where it stayed (reasonably stationery) before relocating to the far bank, thereafter making its way around the fringes of the pond. We could see it making strikes into the water through our binos. After a time, in heavy rains, it took off and flew behind the row of large trees in the direction of the interior of Puketutu Island.
Beautiful little bird. Thanks for the posting/tip
We saw this bird on Wednesday afternoon last, a couple of hours after high tide. It flew in and landed at the far end of the storage pond, where it stayed (reasonably stationery) before relocating to the far bank, thereafter making its way around the fringes of the pond. We could see it making strikes into the water through our binos. After a time, in heavy rains, it took off and flew behind the row of large trees in the direction of the interior of Puketutu Island.
Beautiful little bird. Thanks for the posting/tip
John and Melody Anderson
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