Hi all
A successful twitch on Monday. I arrived around 12.15 P.M. to find two local birders and Steve Roderick from home( dressed appropriately in Newcastle red and blue colours ) , with his scope trained on said bird. Too easy !! Nice when it works. I took several photos and the others gradually moved on but I stayed on to get some underwing shots which took another hour and a half. I think every other bird lifted their wings during the wait. Ten minutes later when I was on my way back the skies opened to torrential rain so the timing was just perfect.
Thanks to the original finders of the bird and the follow up sightings reports. There were several people walking their dogs , all on leads ( the dogs that is ) and if the dogs had been loose the birds would not have been there , so thank you local dog owners. The birds did eventually flush right on high tide as a couple walked past with their dog and they immediately came and apologised. I reassured them they were fine as the birds were probably due to go anyway and they had previously walked past about 3 times anyway.
We had some interest from other passes by that had a look through the scope and were quiet interested that a New Zealand bird was visiting Australia.
Cheers
Dick Jenkin
Lynn and Dick Jenkin
Tashkent Friesians
PO Box 92 Dungog NSW 2420
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