quaali 27/11/2011 13:49
ID Please
Taken at MaiPo on Nov 26.
Thanks for the ID please.
quaali 27/11/2011 21:09
Thanks for the identification. But the bird I saw has short tail and the bird is rather fat.
It doesn't look like a wagtail.
Beetle 27/11/2011 22:24
It just lost its tail (likely due to moulting) but every other features point to Grey Wagtail.
ajohn 28/11/2011 08:29
I agree with Mike and Beetle, this is a Grey Wagtail which has lost it's tail.
A moulting bird wouldn't lose the whole tail in this way, but would moult the tail one feather at a time. It is more likely that this bird has survived an attack by a cat or a raptor which caught the tail only.