Of all the descriptions and analysis of the AGP I like Dee's the best.
It is what attracts ones attention to such rarities.
The best thing about such birds is that it gets people looking at
common birds as a comparison - so many interesting birds are missed
because people don't really know enough to see the subtle differences.
Over the years it has not been so much an increase in the numbers of
vagrants visiting NSW but a higher awareness by observers coupled with
the aid of high resolution digital photography. For example all of my
'photographs' of the 1994 bird didn't come out because the film didn't
wind on (it was raining when I hurriedly loaded the film). Good job
Dion prepared a description for the rarities committee!
However it was the jiz that attracted my attention to the bird more or
less as Dee described. We also didn't have a library of books to
compare - sometimes a good thing!
By the way Dee, what are you doing back in Sydney?
Cheers
Phil Straw
Coordinator
Asia Pacific Shorebird Network
www.shorebirdnetwork.org
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