I photographed this pair of hoary-headed grebes (?) 3 years ago, not knowing what they were. I've since learned about the Hoary Headed, and a fellow birder tells me these chaps are vagrants to NZ, so a resident pair just might be significant. I apologise for the delayed posting. Could someone please confirm that these are hoary headeds?
They were on the north side of the Waikanae River Estuary, close to the Waimanu Lagoon outlet structure. Waikanae Beach has some great wetlands, so its just possible this pair are still in the wider neighbourhood.
Juvenile NZ dabchick, Waikanae Beach
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Boris
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Juvenile NZ dabchick, Waikanae Beach
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- Hoary Headed Grebes, June 2018, Waikanae Estuary.
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SomesBirder
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Re: Hoary Headed Grebes, Waikanae Beach
These are subadult New Zealand Grebes/Dabchicks, I'm afraid.
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Finn Davey
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Re: Hoary Headed Grebes, Waikanae Beach
Yeah, these are Juvenile New Zealand Dabchicks
https://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/ne ... d-dabchick
https://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/ne ... d-dabchick
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Oscar Thomas
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Re: Hoary Headed Grebes, Waikanae Beach
Still an excellent sighting of a recovering endemic species.
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Michael Szabo
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Re: Hoary Headed Grebes, Waikanae Beach
Admins - please can someone change the title of this post.
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