hey Alan,
I've had a few dead computers since then too!!!
but I've kept my notes written at the time, & just a few mins ago, I found a
saved lot of "green" SP images on a disk i'd saved, so will act on that
tomorrow...
we really do need to submit this one I think...
cheers,
martin cachard.
cairns
> From:
> To: ; ;
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Possible Green Sandpiper
> Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 20:41:33 +1000
>
> 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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> -----Original Message-----
> From: martin cachard
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 8:20 PM
> To: Tony Ashton ; John Graff (WA)
> Cc: Keith Fisher ; Birding-Aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] 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
> > From:
> > To:
> > CC: ;
> > 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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