Wandering Tattler

After hearing of the Wandering Tattler at Long Reef - Henry, Nathan, Max and I planned a trip down to see it. After a while of looking at Grey-tailed Tattlers I finally got eyes on a dark tattler feeding on the rocks at the very end of the reef. After a few photos and a check of the main ID features, it started feeding right next to a comparitively pale Grey-tail. This, combined with the ID features, made us confident enough to call it the WANDERING TATTLER. It didn't seem to mind us, so we all sat down behind a rock and watched it going about its bussiness for 20 minutes or so, rattling off a few "proof" pictures in the process. A great bird that we don't often get in Sydney!

EDIT: An e-mail from Birdline NSW Moderators brought to my attention that this is not the same bird Mark Young photographed earlier this week. After discussing it with the others, we're all still very confident of Wandering. I've added a few more photos for ID purposes.

After hearing of the Wandering Tattler at Long Reef - Henry, Nathan, Max and I planned a trip down to see it. After a while of looking at Grey-tailed Tattlers I finally got eyes on a dark tattler feeding on the rocks at the very end of the reef. After a few photos and a check of the main ID features, it started feeding right next to a comparitively pale Grey-tail. This, combined with the ID features, made us confident enough to call it the WANDERING TATTLER. It didn't seem to mind us, so we all sat down behind a rock and watched it going about its bussiness for 20 minutes or so, rattling off a few "proof" pictures in the process. A great bird that we don't often get in Sydney!

EDIT: An e-mail from Birdline NSW Moderators brought to my attention that this is not the same bird Mark Young photographed earlier this week. After discussing it with the others, we're all still very confident of Wandering. I've added a few more photos for ID purposes.