Hi Maree
I have the advantage of being to Lake Brou today with a telescope and of discussing birds and photos with colleagues from the Eurobodalla Natural History Society who had been there today or yesterday.
I think the first birds are Red-necked stints, the small birds between Godwits are Red Knots, they were much larger than Stints and the last very white bird is a Sanderling
Other birds there were Red-capped Plovers, Sharp-tailed Sandpipers, Curlew Sandpipers and Ruddy Turnstones.
Regards
Paul A Gatenby AM
Professor Emeritus
ANU Medical School
From: Geoffrey Dabb <>
Sent: Sunday, 1 January 2017 7:51 PM
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Subject: FW: FW: [canberrabirds] Shorebirds at Brou Lake NSW
Aha thank you Maree - well of course I shall defer to Sue, but all the smaller birds look like Red-necked Stints, a species that can appear teasingly unusual, depending
on the setting and what it is with.
From: Maree Philip [
Sent: Sunday, 1 January 2017 7:38 PM
To: Geoffrey Dabb; Sue Lashko
Cc: canberrabirds chatline
Subject: Re: FW: [canberrabirds] Shorebirds at Brou Lake NSW
My gestimate going on recent sitings on eBird as well as bill length and size are:
Great knot - similar size, bill length
possibly a Sanderling similar size bill shape and overall size.
Unfortunately I did not have a scope on hand.
who would say to Maree - what do you think they are? and why? Start with size and bill length.
Sent from Mimfilip on the run
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