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Posted: **Mon Nov 05, 2018 8:50 pm**

Hi folks,

CCC Kaitorete Spit Reserve today:

3 Glossy Ibis
1 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
4 Red Knot
1 Northern Shov

Kaitorete Spit tip

2 Pectoral Sandpiper
21 RN Stint
16 Turnstone

: Shov 3.JPG (28.34 KiB) Viewed 1985 times

: Shov 2.JPG (47.06 KiB) Viewed 1985 times

: Shov1.JPG (17.97 KiB) Viewed 1985 times

Posted: **Mon Nov 05, 2018 8:52 pm**

some more pics

: Shov6.JPG (18.47 KiB) Viewed 1984 times

The apparent line at base of the bill is either some water reflecting or bill shine - the bird had a green head with no crescent.

: Shov4.JPG (23.85 KiB) Viewed 1984 times

note the difference in head colour between NZ Shov (far left) and the Northern (far right)

: Shov 7.JPG (26.97 KiB) Viewed 1984 times

Posted: **Mon Nov 19, 2018 8:40 pm**

Greg McKenzie posted a photo of a Hudsonian Godwit it amongst a group of Bar-tailed Godwits on the New Zealand Birders Facebook page. It was seen at the end of Jarvis Road today.

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