12 May 2010

Waders at the Mai Po boardwalk, 11th and 12th May

Some not-too-high tides at Mai Po these last few days, and we made an effort to catch some of the more tardy northbound waders on the Deep Bay tideline.

Red-necked Stint - one of about 2,000 on Tuesday

Terek Sandpiper

Broadbilled Sandpipers

Red Knot - with supporting cast

Greater Sandplover

A good "find" for us was this Little Stint. In non-breeding plumage they are very hard to separate from Red-necked Stints, but I'm pretty confident about THIS one !

Little Stint

Clearer weather is forecast and it looks like the Mai Po Wader Show is pretty much over for another spring.....
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6 comments:

  1. UnknownMay 12, 2010 10:10 pm

    強!

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  2. AndrewMay 13, 2010 8:23 am

    Nice pics - shame some of us have to work for a living! Very smart Little stint. Andrew

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  3. Ayuwat JearwattanakanokMay 13, 2010 3:00 pm

    Wow lots of great photos of the waders in their beautiful breeding plumage!
    I really like the sandplover landing shot.

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  4. Mark YoungMay 14, 2010 7:20 pm

    Lovely images of the Shorebirds. I particularly like your Red-necked Stint image.

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  5. digdeepMay 15, 2010 11:03 pm

    Stunning pics John - jealous!!

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  6. John HolmesMay 16, 2010 6:34 am

    Thanks for all your comments, folks... we were lucky to get them close in decent light ;-)

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