Dear Edwin and other birders,
Having dipped on the ruff on Sunday morning by 10 minutes I decided that the
only thing to do was to give the ruff one last opportunity to redeem himself
before I head off to the Iron Range tomorrow. I was at Pitt Town Lagoon
(Hawkesbury River NW of Sydney) at around 6:00 to find a glorious morning and a
plethora of wonderful birds. Baillion's crakes were in "plague" proportions,
lots of sharpies, 1 wood sandpiper and 1 marsh sandpiper but no ruff. I waited
around for an hour or so and a flock of sharpies flew into the south east
corner of the lagoon (go to the left as far as you can when you enter the
reserve from Church St, Pitt Town) and when I looked through that flock there
was a "different" bird. Taller than the sharpies with a white face and a pot
belly - I had a ruff.
Thanks to Edwin for reporting the presence of this unusual sighting.
Regards
Peter Marsh
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