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african oystercatcher + 8 species
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african oystercatcher + 8 species (haematopus moquini)

Apart from the African oystercatchers, there are eight other species around: several greater flamingos (phoenicopterus roseus) in the water, one black-winged stilt (himantopus himantopus) in the water on the right side, hartlaubs gulls (chroicocephalus hartlaubii) and grey-headed gulls (chroicocephalus cirrocephalus) the majority of the gulls are hartlaubs but there are a few grey-headed, one is clearly seen at the edge of the water on the left , sandwich terns (thalasseus sandvicensis), greater crested terns (thalasseus bergii) and common terns (sterna hirundo) the majority of the terns are sandwich, there is a small group of greater crested at the far left, and the few clearly smaller terns are common; finally, the duck at the far right side is a cape shoveler (spatula smithii).
Habitat
lagoon
Location
Strandfontein Sewage Works, Cape province, South Africa
Date taken
20 October 2009
Scientific name
haematopus moquini
Equipment used
canoEOS + canon 70-300 mm
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Opus Editor
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That is quite a group image of all these beautiful Waders JJ and beautifully captured buddy!
 
love looking over these kind of shots jj...great work my friend...many thanks...
 
super shot of this mixed group JJ; Strandfontein is a very productive place and is often very smelly too...
 
A fabulous capture of this interesting and varied grey, JJ.
 
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A cracking mixed group shot, setting and capture JJ, lovely job and many tfs.
 
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Awesome collection of species ... brilliant capture, JJ ... great work ... tfs ...
 
What a wonderful mix, and a great ID capture JJ. Great to see this image, well done.
 
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OMG!!! What a wonderful picture to get with all these species in it JJ.

I love it my friend. Many thanks lad.
 

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