Hi,
Here at Heathcote/Avon estuary in Christchurch New Zealand I saw another Arctic Skua chasing the white-fronted Terns.
The Eastern Barttailed Godwits are also still here and some of them are getting a bit of colour now. The numbers of Varied an South Island Pied Oystercather are rising. Stilts and grey teals in abundance as well as Pied and Little Pied Cormorants. Two moulting Spotted Shag, though greater numbers of these are to be found at the sea in front of the estuary. (The Spotted Shag is a typical sea-cormorant.
Saw small plovers (2) in the distance to. Couldn't see what species (black-fronted, banded dotterel or wrybill) Though the signs of a summer that is coming to an end are here! I wonder how long before the royal spoonbills are back.
Cheers,
Leo
Here at Heathcote/Avon estuary in Christchurch New Zealand I saw another Arctic Skua chasing the white-fronted Terns.
The Eastern Barttailed Godwits are also still here and some of them are getting a bit of colour now. The numbers of Varied an South Island Pied Oystercather are rising. Stilts and grey teals in abundance as well as Pied and Little Pied Cormorants. Two moulting Spotted Shag, though greater numbers of these are to be found at the sea in front of the estuary. (The Spotted Shag is a typical sea-cormorant.
Saw small plovers (2) in the distance to. Couldn't see what species (black-fronted, banded dotterel or wrybill) Though the signs of a summer that is coming to an end are here! I wonder how long before the royal spoonbills are back.
Cheers,
Leo
