Just wanted to say a massive thanks to everyone's amazingly helpful
input in helping with the SIPO vs OZPO ID! (Sorry for the acronyms).
Hugely beneficial!
THANKS!!
Cheers
Dave
I was wondering if someone could post some points for us amateurs
to help ID a South Island Pied Oystercatcher compared to a
"normal" Pied Oystercatcher?? I take it from Murray's posting that
they have more white under the wings??
I'm going to New Zealand later in the year so i will hopefully
have first hand experience then.
I went down to Kurnell today but only Oystercatchers i saw were
Sooty's at Boat Harbour. (Sydney)
There was a Kelp Gull there too which was cool. I don't think this
is a rare sighting here though.
I managed to see an Albatross a long way out too but really no
idea of species. Seemed to have dark wings both top and bottom
but i must be wrong as i can't find anything like it in the field
guide. Oh well - another one that got away!
Cheers,
David Stowe
"Steve says: "I spent a long time looking at it, both with my
scope and binoculars. When it flew, I clearly saw that it had an
almost completely white underwing; the white seemed to extend
almost to the edge of the wing, where it turned greyish - there
simply wasn't a black frame around the white part." He didn't
get a view of the back unfortunately.
I have raised the possibility of juvenile Pied Oystercatcher with
Steve - see the plate in HANZAB which shows more white under the
wing. He hasn't had a chance to have a look at that plate yet,
but at the moment his view has not changed, that the bird was a
SIPO."
Let me know if anyone manages to locate the bird.
Murray
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