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Pallas' Gull and Mudskipper man
« on: Mar 31st, 2004, 11:11am » |
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Maipo offered a wader spectacle from 2:30 to 4:30 on 30/3/04:
10 Bar-tailed Godwits, two in flame.
21 Caspian Terns
10 Black-tailed Gull juv.
9 Gull-billed Terns
100+ Red-necked Stint
c. 70 heuglin's Gull
2 Pallas' Gulls (one adult, one juv.)
1 Spoonbilled Sandpiper
5 Broad-billed Sandpiper
3 Tereks
1500 Avocets
2 Eastern Marsh Harriers
1 Osprey feeding
1 Sanderling juv.
80 Curlews
1 Whimbrel
and thousands of others, including
1 mudskipper collector
There is also a female blue-and-white near pond 8 and a Japanese Bush Warbler post pond 1.
All four lovely Kingfishers present.
some record photos for enjoyment below:
the adult. Thanks to Paul Leader for pointing out the birds.
the mudskipper man. He asked me whether he was blocking my view when I in fact took the record photo. He still broke the law, I imagine.
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