Excellent talk this morning at the Shorebird centre followed by great birding opportunities before high tide at around 3pm. It's always good to be back on this beautiful coastline.
Between four to five thousand estimated bar-tailed godwits have arrived. Unlike our local estuaries of Shoal and Ngataringa red knots also migrate to the Pukorokoro coastline. We think that the lack of bivalves locally is probably the issue for these birds as Food, Food, Food is the motivator for where these birds visit.
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| Busy with birders at the poaka/stilt hide |
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| A leucistic godwit in the centre. |
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| A red knot feeding near the godwit flock. |
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| Red knots feeding in front of godwit flock |
Photos and more to follow......
