Yesterday, the sun shone and the waders came close to the boardwalk hides at Mai Po
This tangle of Curlew Sandpipers were disturbed by a Peregrine. Not "disturbed" really; - more like "terrified".
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Curlew Sandpipers - Calidris ferruginea |
I went out to the "New" hide and the rising tide was pushing the waders towards us. Actually, though, most birds veer off to the left as viewed from the hide.
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Advancing waders viewed form the "New" hide, Mai Po |
There was a record high spring count of Bar-tailed Godwits over the weekend of April 11th/12th and many of these were still around yesterday (April 17th)
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Bar-tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica (menzbieri) |
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Bar-tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica (menzbieri) |
There were many Terek Sandpipers on the tideline, too.
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Terek Sandpiper - Xenus cinereus |
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Terek Sandpiper - Xenus cinereus |
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Terek Sandpiper - Xenus cinereus |
It's one of those things that you can be looking at waders on a tideline and thinking that you've got them covered, but there are always odd birds coming and going. Such a bonus bird was this close Nordmann's that I didn't see arrive and it chose to depart about thirty seconds after I found it...
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Nordmann's Greenshank - Tringa guttifer |
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Nordmann's Greenshank - Tringa guttifer |
We're seeing a few Whimbrel now...
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Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus |
Some non-waders showing themselves...
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Yellow Wagtail - Motacilla flava (macronyx) |
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Collared Crow - Corvus torquatus |
At the risk of belabouring a point, there really are a LOT of Curlew Sandpipers on the mudflats at Mai Po right now.
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Curlew Sandpipers - Calidris ferruginea |
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Curlew Sandpipers - Calidris ferruginea
This a wider angle (less of a crop) - identical to the first shot on this post.
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The Spoon-billed Sandpiper (first seen Sunday 12th) has been seen on-and-off over the past few days, although only once by me personally. How long will it stay ?..... Watch this space !