Chestnut-breasted shelduck, Tauherenikau Delta, Lake Wairarapa

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Nikki McArthur
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Chestnut-breasted shelduck, Tauherenikau Delta, Lake Wairarapa

Postby Nikki McArthur » Fri Mar 17, 2023 3:33 pm

A single chestnut-breasted shelduck was spotted by Hugh Robertson on the 11th March, during the February Lake Wairarapa wader survey. The bird was roosting in amongst a flock of 838 paradise shelducks, just south of the Tauherenikau Delta. Possibly the same bird that was spotted by Igor at the Oporua Floodway in early Jan.

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Nikki
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