I agree with breeding Wood, not much to doubt about it...
i'd say that Tony Neilsen, the observer, probably hasn't seen this species in
good full breeding bloom before...hence it would appear to him as rather
different to non-breeding birds that he & other Cairns residents like me see
here rather frequently in spring/summer.
this reminds me - I must find my images I took of a bird that myself & Adam
Arnold were sure was a good Green Sandpiper up here a few years ago on
17/11/2007 that Alan Gillanders had found the day before at Hasties Swamp at
Atherton...then I can put them up here for comment...
all 3 of us are totally convinced that it was a Green SP - we had good looks
at the bird in flight showing dark underwings, it had an abrupt-ending
supercilium at the eye, had legs greener than yellow, shorter legs than we are
used to on Wood (this was very obvious in flight also), 3 or 4 only & broad
black bars across white tail (very unlike the busy wavy pattern of Wood, which
always recalls a similar pattern of a Grey Plover for it's busy-ness to me at
least!!), looked much darker dorsally with less paler speckling, & the bird
behaved more confidingly than I'm used to with Wood (although this behaviour is
hardly anything ever to be too sure about!!). we still haven't put in a BARC
submission as yet but I believe that we should...more on this later when I
locate the pics... cheers martin cachard, cairns 0428 782 808
> Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 17:56:08 +1000
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> To:
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Possible Green Sandpiper
>
> Me too. That long white eyebrow clinches it.
>
> Cheers, Tony Ashton
>
>
> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 5:02 PM, John Graff <> wrote:
>
> > Hi Keith and others,
> >
> > It looks like a Wood Sandpiper in breeding plumage to me............
> >
> > Cheers,
> > John
> >
> > > Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 15:33:57 +1000
> > > From:
> > > To:
> > > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Possible Green Sandpiper
> > >
> > > Hi Folk,
> > > I've posted a cropped photo of a possible Green Sandpiper onto Eremaea
> > > NQ Birdline
> > >
> > http://www.eremaea.com/BirdlineArchive.aspx?Birdline=5&From=20140419&To=20140420
> > > The photo was taken along the Karumba - Normanton Road by Tony Neilsen.
> > > I don't have any further information. Can anyone confirm or offer an
> > > alternative ID? Thanks for your help.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Keith.
> > >
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