Wader ID….

Don’t kill me for this, but there is also the fact that the wings stick out past the tail 😉

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Nathan wrote:

> Please excuse the Grammar Errors, I was writing it in a Hurry, and I’m not > very good at english… xD > > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Nathan wrote: > >> A few of us went to Long Reef on the Weekend, and posted images of the >> bird to Birdline, where Josh got an email saying the birds in question is >> different to Marks bird (and it very obviously is, there’s no arguing that! >> xD) which sparked us to start up a post on Feathers and Photos.com.au, >> which got mixed results, most people agreeded that it was a Wandering >> Tattler, but mark bought up Reasonable doubt of our ID, and thought that it >> was best to leave it to the experts! We thought that it was very probably >> the same bird to Marks First photo (which is the Second Picture here: >> http://myoungbirding.blogspot.com/2011/02/wandering-tattler-part-1.html ) >> through photoshop we saw the grey and white line matches up perfectly, when >> superimposed on one another. But the main aguements against the ID are *”The >> supercilium by itself is not enough of a diagnostic feature to ID as a >> Wandering. I can show you quite a few GTT images where the supercilium >> doesn’t extend past the eye.” “**The base of the bill seems to be too >> yellow for a Wandering, or so I’m told… (Email from Alan Richards)* >> Quote: >> G-tT generally have lighter bill bases than WT, particularly on the upper >> mandible, but some G-tT have darker bill bases, making this a little >> unreliable. However I am yet to see a WT with a very light base to the upper >> mandible, so this character should rule out WT >> ” >> >> And the main points for Wandering Tattler is that it looks very similar to >> the other of Marks Birds (of which no-ones bought up isn’t a WT), we flushed >> it from a rockshelf that was in very heavy surf, and when if flushed we >> heard it make a Trill Call, and followed it to this, the supercillium >> doesn’t extend past the eye, the is much more grey on this then you’d expect >> with G-T T, and there is barely any white on the throat. And also in the >> field it was just SO different to all the other Tattlers we saw on the day! >> >> But I guess I should get to the pictures shouldn’t I…. >> >> Without further ado: >> http://j-twitcher.blogspot.com/2011/02/wandering-tattler.html >> >> > ===============================

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