Hi Chris and Tony
The little stint was reported by Frank O'Connor in his report about
semipalmated plover. Tony, it is certainly not a black fronted dotterel! I
am not questioning the ID. It was not possible to see the feet of this
bird, when I have seen it, as it was either running very fast or sitting,
but the other features fit as described previously on birding-aus
Gary
2010/1/23 Chris Sanderson <>
> Hi Gary,
>
> What is this about a Little Stint? Has this bird been confirmed/announced?
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 10:59 PM, Gary Wright <
> > wrote:
>
>> When I saw this bird, I saw the behaviour that others have described as
>> the
>> plover chasing the black fronted dotterel around. I didn't see it like
>> that. As I arrived, I saw the plover appearing to chase one dotterel
>> away.
>> The remaining dotterel and the plover then commenced to play. Running
>> very quickly in circles, the plover occasionally sitting on ground.
>> Neither
>> was chasing the other, they ran in unison. One time the plover stopped
>> behind a sitting pelican and the dotterel ran back seemingly to see where
>> it had got to-they both then appeared out the other side of pelican
>> running
>> together. They also went for a flight together. It look all of the
>> world
>> like mating behaviour. If they were the same species, I think that would
>> be the most likely conclusion to come to.
>>
>> No sign of the little stint, although I did see a small brown wader in
>> another pond but before I could get my scope onto it, it disappeared.
>>
>> Gary
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