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Five types of Cormorants and One Darter in one picture above - Pretty Amusing!
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Ruddy Turnstone at Kirk Point WTP 30.12.2016. Three Turnstones were at site. It looks one parent with a young in the picture. The other one flied away. The juvenile seems to have greenish back.

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Two Double-banded Plovers were seen at Austin Road, WTP on 1 April 2015.
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Ruff was spotted at T-section, WTP on 13th March 2014. The Pattern in front of chest is interesting. Is it the part of breeding plumage?

The characters include that Bill is slightly bulbous tipped; Humpbacked; Head looks small; Long, yellow legs and whole foot trials when flys.

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A Pectoral Sandpiper was spotted at T-section, WTP on 13th March with a Ruff at the nearby pond.

Yellow colour at the base of bill, grey-buff breast heavily streaked; clearcut lower junction with white belly and yellow legs will tell it apart from other sandpipers.

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5 Pacific Golden Plovers were at Kirk Point Werribee on 24 January 2014. A week before we have spotted 13 of them at the same place.

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The Curlew Sandpiper No D6 and R5 were first spotted by me on 24 January 2014 since December 2013,  in which it was the first lot of Curlew Sandpipers that VWSG has put engraved leg flags on (in Victoria – they have been doing it in NWA for a few years), I was told.

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Curlew Sandpiper No R5

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The Pied Oystercatcher "BS" was again photographed at Bird Hide at WTP on 23 January 2014. It was the second time that it was caught on my camera since 24 June 2013 at the same area.

You can go to link: /reference.html for details

For the first sighting please scroll down on this page to find photos taken on 24 June 2013

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Yes,  people see Brolga at Western Treatment Plant every year. Sometimes you see two of them, sometimes three... Here today, on 9th January 2014, we saw a solitary up close and personal!

The day was cloudy and grey. Most of my photos were over-exposed including this one. I don't know when will be the next time I can see Brolga so close? I hope it will not be long!

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Why does the Curlew Sandpiper in breeding plumage always haunch its back? Does it feel embarrassed? A year later on 12th December 2013, Another one in breeding plumage was spotted. Was it the same one  from last year?

Curlew Sandpiper in breeding plumage - stand out like a black sheep in Australia

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"In Australia, Curlew Sandpipers occur around the coasts and are also quite widespread inland, though in smaller numbers. Records occur in all states during the non-breeding period, and also during the breeding season when many non-breeding one year old birds remain in Australia rather than migrating north.
The breeding range of the Curlew Sandpiper is mainly restricted to the Arctic of northern Siberia, including Yamal Peninsula east to Kolyuchiskaya Gulf, Chokotka Peninisula, and also New Siberian Island. " extracted from 
http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=856

So the conclusion is that it is pretty rare to see curlew sandpipers in breeding plumage in Australia. Here it was on the 29th Dec 2012 at WTP.


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The Trip to WTP on 25 June 2013.

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The Pied Oystercatcher "BS" was first sighted by me on 24 June 2013. 


Here is the link to the sighting details.
/reference.html

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Black Swan proud family
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