Motueka Spit highlights

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Steve Wood
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Motueka Spit highlights

Postby Steve Wood » Sat Mar 05, 2022 3:32 pm

Great Knot - looking very smart amongst the godwits.
1 Australian Tern. - Nice to see this bird back again
1 Whimbrel.
35 Wrybil.

Plus usual 2000+ birds
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Re: Motueka Spit highlights

Postby Michael Szabo » Sat Mar 05, 2022 5:15 pm

Well spotted - that's an impressive checklist of birds you saw there today:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S104181152
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Re: Motueka Spit highlights

Postby Steve Wood » Sat Mar 19, 2022 9:28 pm

Australian Tern present again this morning just before high tide.
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Re: Motueka Spit highlights

Postby Steve Wood » Sun Apr 03, 2022 2:06 pm

Australian Tern still present again this morning, pre hide tide. The bird seems to disappears at full high tide, other terns White fronted, Black fronted,Caspian were all still present.

Wrybill still present (52). One banded - orange orange /black yellow.
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Re: Motueka Spit highlights

Postby bradley_birdsnz » Mon Apr 04, 2022 7:52 pm

Australian (Gull-billed) tern present around 10am this morning along with 55 wrybill.
Ebird checklist below.

https://ebird.org/atlasnz/checklist/S106226073
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Re: Motueka Spit highlights

Postby Steve Wood » Sat Apr 16, 2022 2:47 pm

Australian Tern still present this morning at high tide.
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Re: Motueka Spit highlights

Postby Adam C » Sat Apr 16, 2022 6:50 pm

Cheers Steve. Up in Riwaka for Easter so will have a crack tomorrow.
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Re: Motueka Spit highlights

Postby Adam C » Sun Apr 17, 2022 2:07 pm

Bird present today when Jack and I visited just before high tide although as Steve suggested it moved on at approx full high tide and disappeared East heading Mapua way.
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Re: Motueka Spit highlights

Postby BerndHuss » Sun Apr 17, 2022 7:24 pm

I was there just after high tide. The bird was present at the far end of the spit among a flock of SIPOs. It hung around until I left an hour and a half later, switching locations several times ending up at the main spot where the Godwits, Turnstones, Wrybills, SIPOs and Banded Dots hang out. Interestingly it seemed to favor the Oystercatchers for company the entire time.
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Re: Motueka Spit highlights

Postby Steve Wood » Sun May 29, 2022 12:27 pm

Australian Tern still present today - briefly seen pre high tide halfway along the spit on mudflat.

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