Embankment Road: 2019/20 Season
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Re: Embankment Road: 2019/20 Season
hi i got a photo of this today out there.but i do not think it is a Little stint as the bill on it is to short.what do you all think...it was about the some size as the turnstones it was with..
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Re: Embankment Road: 2019/20 Season
Juvenile banded Dotterel
- Adam C
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Re: Embankment Road: 2019/20 Season
Looking at this shot its interesting this guy is in full breeding kit from when it was first seen earlier in the season.
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Samuel Ullman
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Re: Embankment Road: 2019/20 Season
2 curlew sandpipers, 1 pectoral sandpiper, 9 red necked stints and 40+ bar-tailed godwits were the highlights of a brief visit this evening.
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Re: Embankment Road: 2019/20 Season
That's a fabulous photo! Love it.
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Woa that is epic! Windy?
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Re: Embankment Road: 2019/20 Season
Cheers. Yeah, it wasn't great conditions battling the wind. Ellesmere is also drying up, the birds were all at the second pond, which is now just a puddle. Suspect Yarr's will be even more popular soon!
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Re: Embankment Road: 2019/20 Season
Nice conditions today at end of Wolfes Road and Embankment Rd. No sign of the little stint at either, but Hudsonian godwits seen at the ponded area just adjacent to the Wolfes Road carpark. Also present there was a common tern roosting with bar-tailed godwit.
No stints at all seen, around 30 wrybill and 20 banded dotterel.
Cheers,
No stints at all seen, around 30 wrybill and 20 banded dotterel.
Cheers,
Brent Stephenson
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- Adam C
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Re: Embankment Road: 2019/20 Season
Covered a lot of ground today at Embankment in both directions.
300+ Wrybill
150+ Banded Dotterel
49 bar Tailed Godwit
2x Red Knot
8 Turnstones
9 Red necked Stint
+ the usual suspects
Birds all very scattered evenly across the entire area but Wrybill everywhere! Great to see!
However the highlight was Wolfes Road! Bumped into Greg McKenzie there and we found a bumper crop of migrants.
2x Curlew Sandpiper
2x Pectoral Sandpiper
2x Red Knot
1x Little Tern
15+ Red Necked Stints
1x Hudsonian Godwit
3x Black Tailed Godwits
60+ Bar tailed Godwits
40+ Wrybill
20+Banded Dotterel
+ The usual Suspects
A few crappy pics attached. Think Greg managed a good flight shot of the 3 Black Tails so check facebook NZ birders page soon
300+ Wrybill
150+ Banded Dotterel
49 bar Tailed Godwit
2x Red Knot
8 Turnstones
9 Red necked Stint
+ the usual suspects
Birds all very scattered evenly across the entire area but Wrybill everywhere! Great to see!
However the highlight was Wolfes Road! Bumped into Greg McKenzie there and we found a bumper crop of migrants.
2x Curlew Sandpiper
2x Pectoral Sandpiper
2x Red Knot
1x Little Tern
15+ Red Necked Stints
1x Hudsonian Godwit
3x Black Tailed Godwits
60+ Bar tailed Godwits
40+ Wrybill
20+Banded Dotterel
+ The usual Suspects
A few crappy pics attached. Think Greg managed a good flight shot of the 3 Black Tails so check facebook NZ birders page soon
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Samuel Ullman
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Re: Embankment Road: 2019/20 Season
Here are the three Black-tailed Godwits that Adam mentioned above. They are quite distant so they have been severly cropped and then sharpened to try and bring out some detail
Sadly, I have to also confess that I mucked up my report on e-bird when I reported sighting the 'White Tern (Little)' when t should have been the 'Little Tern'. I'm sorry for any confusion and/or excitement this lapse my have caused. I'm also somewhat embarrased to have made this mistake.
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Sadly, I have to also confess that I mucked up my report on e-bird when I reported sighting the 'White Tern (Little)' when t should have been the 'Little Tern'. I'm sorry for any confusion and/or excitement this lapse my have caused. I'm also somewhat embarrased to have made this mistake.
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Greg Mckenzie