Thanks everyone for the ID.
The Ruff capped off a nice day that included 3 lifers, Regent HE @
Nurragingy, Brown Songlark @ Windsor and the Ruff @ Pitt Town.
Regards,
Mark and Mandy
-----Original Message-----
From: David Stowe
Sent: Tuesday, 5 January 2010 9:24 PM
To: Mark and Mandy Young
Cc:
Subject: Re; Help with Sandpiper identification.
Yes it's a Ruff Mark!!
Well done mate. I was out at Windsor yesterday but didn't go to Pitt
Town :(
Cheers
Dave
On 05/01/2010, at 9:18 PM, Mark and Mandy Young wrote:
G'day everyone,
I spotted this shorebird at Pitt town Lagoon this afternoon. I'm not
familiar with this bird at all, and I was hoping to get some help with
establishing and ID of this bird.
I've tried to ID this bird by using Morcombe's but I can't find a bird
that
fits what I've seen.
* The bird appeared to be almost twice the size of the nearby
Sharp-tailed Sandpipers.
* Legs were a dark brownish colour, though these photo's show it with
more of a reddish tinge.
* The colour of the plumage from the crown going down the back of the
neck was darker than the paler throat, breast and underneath.
My apologies for the poor photos. The colour of them hasn't been
altered and
appear as they were shot.
Link to first image: http://bit.ly/8ojW5X
Link to second image: http://bit.ly/6jkZ2A
Link to third image: http://bit.ly/7QJ7Nn
My thoughts were tending towards it perhaps being a Ruff. That ID
seems to
be the closest that I can find that is similar the features I saw in
this
bird.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Regards,
Mark and Mandy
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