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Torea-pango

Haematopus unicolor

Description:

The Variable Oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor) is a species of wader in the Haematopodidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. The Maori name is torea-pango. They are also known as 'red bills'. That pair of birds were spotted at Scortching bay, this morning, and they evern tried to mate (2nd pick)

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11 Comments

bhargav.py
bhargav.py 11 years ago

Welcome Despina Tsafetopoulou

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

Thank you so much , @SatyenM, and @bhargav.py :)

bhargav.py
bhargav.py 11 years ago

Awesome pic

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Nice!

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

Thanks @Jill :)

JillBlack
JillBlack 11 years ago

Nice series Despina

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

Video added :)

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

It's just a simple vid with the birds feeding at the beach, I hoped I wouldn't had to upload it in u-tube first, but that I could upload it to Noah, straight away...

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

I found that you have to write the You tube adress with www. to upload the videos. I would like to see your video.

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

Thank you so much for the comment, @LuisStevens...I tried to upload a video too, but I failed...

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Great find and series

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Spotted on Oct 17, 2012
Submitted on Oct 17, 2012

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