Blue Eyed Shag
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:45 am
by morepork
Fishing in Firth of Thames Mon/Tues, 3 Blue Eyed Shag seen feeding round the boat, are they seen often round here?
Re: Blue Eyed Shag
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:45 am
by Colin Miskelly
Kia ora Morepork
These will be pied shags in their breeding colouration.
See images on
http://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/pied-shagNga mihi
Colin
Re: Blue Eyed Shag
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 3:52 pm
by morepork
OK Thanks it was just that another member said they were quite rare.