Denise,
Although the written description suggested "Ruff" the bird on the photo clearly
isn't a Ruff - rather a sick Sharp-tailed SP (Graeme suggested one with a neck
tumour)
Nikolas
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Nikolas Haass
Sydney, NSW
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From: Denise Goodfellow <>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2007 4:32:13 AM
Subject: odd looking wader
On the subject of ruffs, there was one at the Pine Creek sewage ponds at the
beginning of November.
Denise
on 3/12/07 8:13 PM, at wrote:
> Dave Bullock and I observed an odd looking wader at Werribee Treatment Plant
> last Thursday. Russell has kindly posted Dave's photo on the web site at
> http://www.birding-aus.org Click RARE BIRDS and go to the link at the bottom
> of the page. The bird was associating with sharp-tailed sandpipers, curlew
> sandpipers and red-necked stints. It was taller than all of them, and
> certainly broader in body, particularly around the neck. It had a chestnut
> streaked head and its breast was very heavily streaked with black vertical
> lines to appear almost completely black. When it flew its tail pattern
> appeared to be similar to the sharp-tailed sandpipers. We cannot find anything
> in our field guides that resemble the bird. We considered the possibility of a
> ruff in partial breeding plumage. We would be grateful for any assistance.
> Graeme Brown
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