Shoreplovers in Plimmerton

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SueRose
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Shoreplovers in Plimmerton

Postby SueRose » Tue Apr 07, 2020 12:12 pm

For three days now I have seen two shoreplovers in the vicinity of the firestation nearby shore area in Plimmerton. Rose Collen from DOC tells me that they were only released on Mana last Friday and are two female birds from Puaka. One has a single white band and the other is YO:WB.
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Re: Shoreplovers in Plimmerton

Postby SueRose » Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:32 pm

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Just behind the Plimmerton fire station
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Re: Shoreplovers in Plimmerton

Postby Davidthomas » Tue Apr 21, 2020 6:46 pm

Lucky you! Hopefully they’ll control rats and get people to keep their cats inside to prevent what happened last time from occurring again.
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Re: Shoreplovers in Plimmerton

Postby SueRose » Sun May 03, 2020 11:34 am

Big seas this morning and very little beach for our local shoreplovers so they have to resort to the Seawall - doesn’t seem to worry them though
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Re: Shoreplovers in Plimmerton

Postby ledzep » Sun Jun 14, 2020 3:46 pm

Three Shore Plovers at the Plimmerton fire station today around 2.30 pm, feeding on the northern side near the fire station, quite active. Several other people around watching them and photographing them. Using the convention left leg top, bottom / right leg top bottom, the bands were: yellow orange/white,blue; yellow,orange/red,blue; red,orange/blue,yellow.
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Re: Shoreplovers in Plimmerton

Postby SueRose » Fri Jun 26, 2020 11:10 am

Here's the fourth bird - a female with a single white band
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Re: Shoreplovers in Plimmerton

Postby Alan Tennyson » Sat Jul 04, 2020 4:36 pm

Graeme Taylor & I saw yellow/orange-red/blue & red/orange-blue/yellow there this afternoon.
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Re: Shoreplovers in Plimmerton

Postby GrahamB » Thu Jul 09, 2020 4:03 pm

There was a Shore Plover with a couple of Banded Dotterels at the far ocean-side of Waikanae Estuary sand-spit a couple of days ago, feeding on the receding tide. Didn't get close enough to determine the exact banding (so as not to disturb them feeding) but got impression of yellow and orange.
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Re: Shoreplovers in Plimmerton

Postby Ken George » Fri Jul 17, 2020 2:11 pm

Anybody know if the shore plovers are still hanging around at Plimmerton?
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Re: Shoreplovers in Plimmerton

Postby wazzagonewild » Fri Jul 17, 2020 4:04 pm

I saw on the news that DoC had recaptured all three of them a week or so ago to give Mana Island another go.

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