Fw: today

["Philip Veerman" <>]

Or indeed Red-kneed Dotterel. Curiously named, it appears, for its red ankles. Although coincidentally maybe, the feathers over the knees are also reddish.

 

Philip

 

-----Original Message-----From: Bob Rusk [ Sent: Tuesday, 29 May 2012 10:10 AM      To: Marg Peachey
Cc: Canberra Birds; Mark Clayton      Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Fw: today

Hi !

Sorry , Red-Kneed Dotteral

Bob

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From: Marg Peachey m("gmail.com","margpeachey");">To: Bob Rusk <> Cc: Canberra Birds <>; Mark Clayton <> Sent: Tuesday, 29 May 2012 9:32 AM      Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Fw: today

Excuse me for being ignorant, but what bird is that?

Marg

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Bob Rusk <> wrote:

Hi

These were sent by a mate of mine, Brian O'Leary.  I've seen these birds multiple times but never noticed the bill was much longer than I realized. Or is this an unusually long billed individual.
Bob

----- Forwarded Message -----From: Brian O'Leary <m("gmail.com","kestrelx1");" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="">>To: Bob Rusk <m("rocketmail.com","bobrusk");" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="">>
Sent: Monday, 28 May 2012 8:37 PM      Subject: today

Hi, these are un-croped shots I took today out of the truck. Brian

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