We recently visited Boonooroo which is located on the shores of the Great Sandy Strait, with views to Fraser Island. Boonooroo is a great place to see waders, one of the few places where you can drive down the road to the waters edge, hop out of the car, and see all the waders up close.
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Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus)
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Australian Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
and other waders.
Red-kneed Dotterel
Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
Black-winged Stilt
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Black-winged Stilt
Eastern Curlew
Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
Red-kneed Dotterel
Brumbies seen on the way to Boonooroo.
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Wow! You really did see a great variety of shorebirds! It's great to see more than one kind in a photo so that comparative size can be seen. Great photos!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos and a nice selection of birds! Red-kneed Dotterels are a fairly new novelty for me.
ReplyDeleteQuite an assortment, generally foreign to me but beautiful!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful contribution to WBW!
ReplyDeleteOh what a great bunch of shorebirds, and the brumbies would be a treat to see!
ReplyDeleteWonderful! Looks like you had a very successful outing.
ReplyDeleteInteresting set of pics, the Dotterels are new to me, and your place names crack me up,
ReplyDeleteAll the best Gordon.
Just the place name is worthy of a post on the WBW .... Boonooroo, love it.
ReplyDeleteGreat set of waders you show, I especially like the "new to me" Red Kneed Dotterels
hi Mick. great selection of waders. Nearly featured the Red kneed Dotteral this week myself but settled for the Black winged stilt instead. great shots of your birds.
ReplyDeleteHi Neill. Think I called you mick"!!!!
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