A post today on iNat (with photo) showing a splendid oriental dotterel at Tolaga Bay. Was there on 12 March, but only posted today—no idea if it's still present. Long drive if it isn't...
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/22580600
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Re: oriental dotterel
Have to think this is the Ohiwa bird and possibly the Port Waikato bird again ... thanks for posting John
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Re: oriental dotterel
Do you recall how long it stayed at those sites?
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Re: oriental dotterel
Was a workmate of mine who found it! Returned from the field to see an email asking what the bird in question was. Gutting!
The ones previous stayed around a fair while but left around mid-end of March I believe.
The ones previous stayed around a fair while but left around mid-end of March I believe.
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Re: oriental dotterel
It did move mid-April from Ohiwa ... was present from Jan onward's.
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Re: oriental dotterel
Ill go for a prowl tomorrow am....
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Staying in Tokomaru Bay tonight so will have a look either this avo or tomorrow.
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No sign of the O-dot today (Friday) but a pure white Variable Oystercatcher was neat. 11 NZ Dots and 3 spoonbills counted. Probably the highlight locally was seeing 3 Spotted Doves in an urban yard in Tolaga Bay. Yesterday we saw one near Tikitiki so that's 4 Spotteds in 2 days---possibly the first records for the Gisborne district?
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Re: Gisborne spotted doves
I saw a spotted dove at Waihirere, just up the road from Gisborne, on November 12 last year. They've been moving slowly down from the hills over the past few years - I saw one just inland from Te Karaka in 2011, and another just south of Te Karaka in 2015. I put last year's sighting on ebird, should really have added the other two as well - will do that now.
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Cheers David!