The submission for the Hasties Swamp bird was drafted but the computer died
and along with it my enthusiasm. There will be field notes somewhere and a
discussion in hte archives.
Regards,
Alan
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From: martin cachard
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 8:20 PM
To: Tony Ashton ; John Graff (WA)
Cc: Keith Fisher ; Birding-Aus
Subject: Possible Green Sandpiper
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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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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