Sharp-tailed Sandpipers (Calidris acuminata) behaviour Ash Island NSW
Canon EOS 7D Lens 400mm L USM with 12mm extension tube ISO400 F8.0 1/400 available light 10 December 2011 2.52pm
Taken on Wagtail Way on Ash Island looking for a visiting Yellow Wagtail migrant...still looking but great that others are having success. These Sharpies were drinking from rainwater puddles. My gut reaction was that it was perhaps a part of courtship behaviour but others have suggested territorials squabbles.So anyone like to comment on the behavioural aspects of this image?? Apparently this species visit North American west coast.
Sharpe-tailed Sandpipers are one of our summer visitors from Artcic Siberia and are found throughout Australia from August through to March with large concentrations of observation in south eastern Australia.
Birds in Backyards Website has more on this species at : http://birdsinbackyards.net/species/Calidris-acuminata
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Best regards
Rod Warnock







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