Trivial coastal bird ID from an occasional watcher

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Subject:	Trivial coastal bird ID from an occasional watcher
From:	Kim Farley via Canberrabirds <>
Date:	Mon, 8 Mar 2021 08:06:22 +0000

Long bill? Shortish bill? How big compared to a Silver Gull? And you say fairly large flocks. Is that 10 birds or 30 or maybe 50?

Cheers

Kim

On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 5:10 PM <m("dcnicholls.com","dcn");">> wrote:

On the sand flats in the inlet in Merimbula at low tide, fairly large flocks of small-medium wading birds, digging in the sand. Too far away to see clearly, but they had dark heads and backs, white underwing with a black strip along the trailing edge of the wing feathers. They tended to trot fairly rapidly back and forth, then flew off in a flock.

I doubt this is an exotic observation, but the iPhone birds app was unclear.

ID help appreciated.

DN
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