Hi all,
Caught the 6.00 am flight from Sydney yesterday to arrive at Avalon
airport and thence via taxi to the end of Beach Road near Lake Borrie.
Here I coincidently met up with Colin Judkins whom I had met in Cooktown
earlier this year. I was due to meet up with Alan Benson from the
Central Coast (of NSW) who turned up a bit later with Nigel (forgot
surname sorry) from Castlemaine. We had met Nigel at the site of the
Javan Pond-Heron in Darwin. We first saw the bird from near the hide at
the mouth of Little River at about 10.00 am and later at the first pond
near Beach Road. There were also 20 - 30 other birders in attendance at
various times.
Beware of a Red-necked Stint in breeding plumage. Fortunately we were
able to compare the two. The mantle lines of the Little Stint were quite
clear and were the obvious differentiating marks for the bird. The
photographs taken by Peter Fuller and Tim Dolby? seem to show the bird
as paler than what it appeared yesterday. The pale throat was hard to
see and the mantle lines appeared cream coloured rather than white as in
Peter Fuller's images. Could this be a function of light and
photographic effects?
I would be interested to see some images taken of the bird yesterday for
comparison.
Happy twitching.
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John Reidy
Sydney
Phone 02 9871 4836
Fax 02 9871 2616
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