5 Chestnut-breasted shelducks, tip lagoon Invercargill

[sjacques]

Six birds there again this morning 11/12/19.

[Phil Rhodes]

2 female in the lagoon and another 3 males out on the mudflats today, also a Little Black shag, uncommon in Southland.

[smalva]

Spotted 2 females in the new river estuary lagoon Tues 25th. Just there for a short period and they were spending time near the posts almost directly in front of the bird hide on high tide

[Davidthomas]

Three birds present on the new river estuary island where they’re often seen this morning 29th of Feb.

[Cardinal15]

Saw 5 birds on 12/3/20.

[Oscar Thomas]

Just one female present 16/05/2020.

[wazzagonewild]

One pair was present yesterday at 2 pm.

[Brent Stephenson]

Pair present today (0940) at Tip Lagoon. Spotted from the access by the main road. Year tick for Matt Jones and I.

Cheers,

[Byrd]

Are there any Australian Shelducks remaining at the Tip Lagoon? I saw on the Pintail thread that there was still one shelduck there late last year.

[sjacques]

There has been one female-type around recently. I saw it on 01/04, others may have seen the bird more recently.

Cheers,
Sean