canberrabirds

curlew query

To: Terry Bell <>
Subject: curlew query
From: Sue Lashko <>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:39:10 +1000
Hi Terry
 
Eastern Curlew legs are blue-grey, so there are a couple of options - it had an orange flag on its upper leg but I doubt there would be flags on both legs so the flag may have looked as if it was on both legs because the flags are relatively big and if the legs were together, both could have looked orange - I think that is the most likely explanation -  or it had been in orange-coloured mud.
 
Sue 

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Terry Bell <> wrote:
Terry M. & Terry B. were bowling at Batemans Bay this week and stayed
next door to the marina on Beach Rd where there are extensive
sand/mudflats. One solitary bar-tailed godwit was a regular sighting
and about 9 eastern curlews appeared twice as well as pied
oystercatchers, terns crested and caspians plus silvergulls and masked
plovers. The eastern curlews were unmistakeable and one flew up from
water, banked overhead calling very distinctly. This is the query; one
very clearly had bright orange coloured upper legs from the knees up
to the body. This is not shown in my Slaters'field guide and I am
wondering if any better informed COG member could throw any light to
explain this definite observation. Off to Lake Eyre next Wednesday.
Terry  B.

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