thinfor

29Oct09, Sheung Yue River, Long Valley.

I could not think of any waders except the chick of Black-winged Stilt.  But is the bill still too short for a stilt chick?

kkoel

Manson it's a non-breeding Little Ringed Plover. =)

thinfor

Thanks Koel.  From my first glance thru telescope, I thought it was a little-ringed plover too.  But the long reddish legs seemed quite strange!

Well, anyway that's good.  At least my first instinct telling me that 'it's a plover' is indeed quite true.  

kkoel

I was thinking about that too, the long reddish legs do look a bit out of place. But as the rest of the bird seemed to suggest Little Ring, let's put it as an apparent LRP XD

cwchan

They are not red legs, it is coloured fringe while you have your shot taking against the light, I think.

This red-coloured fringing is not uncommon for using low quality telescope for digiscoping or low quality tele-lens.