A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Limosa lapponica
Long-decurved bill blacker at tip, shorter, dark legs, barred tail, widespread summer migrant to Tasmania. Light eyebrow.
Flock seen along the Pitt Water Causeway on the East Coast of Tasmania. Estuaries, brackish water, tidal marshes, flooded fields, sewage ponds. Breeds in ne Siberia and nw Alaska.
Although this ID seems to be the more plausible one for the location, I am wondering if photo 1 might be a Black-tailed Godwit? Limosa limosa? this would be a vagrant to Tasmania if it is.
Spotted on Jan 14, 2014
Submitted on Mar 8, 2014
No Comments