Taken today at MP. This light colored plover was amongst the few Greater and Lesser Sandplovers remaining . I thought it was a juvenile Greater. Can someone confirm?
Neil
Mai Po Nature Reserve,
Hong Kong ,
China
05/06/09
Panasonic G1 and Olympus 25/2.8 Pancake lens on Swarovski STS80HD scope and Sw 45x eyepiece and special balance bar
It is a Greater Sandplover, note the large size and long, heavy bill.
It's not in juvenile plumage, which would only occur in autumn (at the end of the breeding season) but the fact that it shows no breeding plumage suggests it probably is a first-summer bird (ie hatched last year)
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