In <>, on
11/13/96
at 01:51 PM, Peter Pfeiffer <> said:
>Hi ,
> I'm after some help identifying a small wader.
> I was at Stansbury on the Weekend on Yorke Pen. in SA and saw a
>small wader with a needle - like bill. The bill was three times the
>length of it's head. It had very dark gey to black wings with a whitish
>pale head and underparts. I could not get a clear view of the colour of
>it's legs. I was using old 8 x 30 ( Hanimax ) bins.
> Using Slater's field guide I came up with Little Greenshank or
>Wilson's Phalarope although I'm not sure whether it had the Phalarope bar
>through the eye.
> I think I need better equipment. Could some-one let me know if
>these two ' hits ' are near the mark
> Thanks
> Peter.
>.
What about an immature Pied Stilt. The description fits but it is bigger
than a small wader. They can look very Greenshank-ish. Besides, Canberra
is too far for me to go to twitch a Wilson's Phalarope.
Cheers
Steve
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Stephen Clark
CSIRO Division of Plant Industry
Canberra 2601 Australia
Phone 06 246 5417
Fax 06 246 5399
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