Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_0609 20230224 - Third summer. CLICK another pic.
Notes: Rare Asian wader. Nonbreeding adult pearly grey
above, snowy white below. Similar to
Common Greenshank, w. a more bull-headed appearance, shorter yellower
legs, & thicker bi-
coloured bill, olive-green at the base, darkening
towards the tip. Webbed toes. Forages by
running & lunging, like
smaller Terek Sandpiper. It nests
in trees along the Sea of Okhotsk coast
in eastern Russia. Considered to
be a small crab-specialist in southern 'wintering' grounds.
Sightings from eBird©(to Mar 2021)
Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_0139 20230210 - Third summer. CLICK for resting.
Foreshore, Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_2050 20230316 - Third Summer CLICK for another pic.
Foreshore, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_2130 20230330 - Third summer; w. a Bar-tailed Godwit in breeding plumage.CLICK for video 2 weeks earlier. 20230310.
Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_1886 20230314 - Third summer; Nordmann's with crab and Grey-tailed Tattler looking on.CLICK for Nordy devouring a crab, including leftovers. 20230224.
Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_1862 20230314 - Third summer.
Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_1996 20230316 - Third summer; a big yawn. CLICK for more.
Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_2015 20230316 - Third summer.
Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_1977 20230319 - Third summer: bathing beauty.
Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_0154 20230210 - Third summer: moving with the tide.
Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_0610 20230224 - Third summer: foraging.
Foreshore, Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_9044 20230403 - Third summer: Very agitated; calling repeaatedly; left Australia a few days later.