Red-throated Pipit update – colouring up?

Hi Martin, Thanks, that’s good to hear other people’s photos appear to show a colour progression also. I did wonder if it was simply the light. Today’s photos were taken a few hours apart and despite being variable they definitely (appear to) show more colouring than 26 Jan. Out of curiosity I bumped up the saturation on the photo from 26 Jan and could not get the throat to colour at all, it still shows as white. I also remember thinking the bird could easily have been overlooked when I saw it 26 Jan, but today it was very obviously different to an Australasian Pipit (of which we saw four on both trips). It really is a very striking bird. But I’ve not seen a RT Pipit before either! I’m really keen to see if it does colour up further. I’ll send some photos shortly. Cheers Plaxy On 4 February 2014 20:36, martin cachard <mcachard@hotmail.com> wrote: > hey Plaxy, > nice to hear from you…thanks, i would love to see your images from today > when they are available… > from what others have sent to me recently image-wise, i would say that u > are probably onto someting – it seems to be getting a little richer in > colour ventrally, especially about the head, throat & upper breast – it’s a > wonderful looking bird !! > but i have never seen a RT Pipit before, so it’s just great to see these > images that everyone is getting over there. > hopefully it hangs around for a while & colours up, which would be nice to > see over time… > thanks to all those who have forwrded images of this lovely individual… > cheers, martin cachard, Cairns > > —————————— > Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 20:05:03 +0800 > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Red-throated Pipit update – colouring up? > From: plaxyb@gmail.com > To: nigel.jackett@gmail.com; birdswa@googlegroups.com > CC: mcachard@hotmail.com; birding-aus@birding-aus.org; > jweigel@reptilepark.com.au > > > Stephen Reynolds and I had excellent views of the RTP this morning at Lake > McLarty. My impression today compared to the 26th Jan is that the bird is > colouring up, and now has a ‘red throat’…has anybody else observed this? > > In my photos from 26 Jan the bird appears to have a whitish throat, with > an orangey wash across the breast. This morning the wash appeared more > distinctive and more of a pale rust-red, and the face, throat and breast > seemed more coloured. Steve and I will try to post some photos asap. > Martin, happy to send some photos. > > Our first views of the RTP this morning were at 7.30am, along with Perth > photographer Bill, in the grass in the SE corner. It was observed for 5 > minutes before flushing when a group of White-fronted Chats flew over, > flying to the southern end of the lake. > > It was seen again in the SE corner at 10.30am, on our return along the > lake. The bird was located near the water’s edge amongst the reed tussocks, > with a group of White-fronted Chats. We had cracking views as it walked > back and forth in the water between tussocks, always staying near the > chats. We left after 20min observation with the bird still in the water! > > Good views of the Ruff and a Pectoral Sandpiper together were also had, > half way down the eastern side of the lake. > > There were 2000+ Sharp-tailed Sandpipers, however we had only scanned part > of the group before they flushed as a helicopter passed near the lake. They > were spooked after that and continued to flush and move about the lake. > > Apart from that, the wader viewing couldn’t be better at the moment! With > the water receding many of the waders can be seen without a scope, on mud > or in the shallows, as opposed to hidden in the grass as of the past couple > of weeks. > > Will post an update as to where the photos go – I’d be interested to hear > other’s opinions on the colouring. > > Cheers, > Plaxy > > > > On 4 February 2014 09:47, Nigel Jackett <nigel.jackett@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Martin, > > Here is some cool footage Stewart Ford took of the Red-throated Pipit > preening: > http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S16731948 > > Cheers, > > Nigel > > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 8:01 AM, martin cachard <mcachard@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > does anyone have any pics that they can send to me of this bird please?? > > thanx…martin cachard, cairns > > > > > From: jweigel@reptilepark.com.au > > > Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 07:59:13 +0800 > > > To: birding-aus@birding-aus.org > > > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Red-throated Pipit update > > > > > > Tania. It was there at 2pm yesterday (Monday) in sparse tussocks at > > waters edge just to the right of your first access after the gate you > duck > > under. > > > > > > Good luck! > > > John Weigel > > > > > > > > > John > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Birding-Aus mailing list > > > Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org > > > To change settings or unsubscribe visit: > > > http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Birding-Aus mailing list > > Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org > > To change settings or unsubscribe visit: > > http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Birding-Aus mailing list > Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org > To change settings or unsubscribe visit: > http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org > > > _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org