Marsh Sandpiper

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Foreshore, Karumba, FN Qld IMG_1474 20160908 - adult non-breeding plumage. CLICK for another pic.

Notes: Straight needle-like black bill. Long slender yellowish-green legs. Smaller than Common
Greenshank w. thinner neck, smaller head. In flight, shows white rump & wedge up back, almost
white tail, long trailing toes. Usually seen wading in inland wetlands; sometimes, tidal flats.
Migrant to Aust for Spring, Summer.

Range from Morcombe^©

Foreshore, Karumba Point, FN Qld IMG_5409 20200620 - juvenile: feathers fringed buff at first. CLICK to see another view.

Foreshore, Karumba Point, FN Qld IMG_7384 20200929 - three w. a Common Greenshank on left.

Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_7914 20231019 - wings up. CLICK for this one w. young Sharp-tailed Sandpiper.

Dunne Road Swamp, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_6143 20221031 - MS on left, Common Greenshank on right.

Foreshore, Cairns , FNE Qld IMG_5042 20231006 - CLICK to see flying.

Dunne Road Swamp, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_6104 20221031 - In flight MS shows white rump & wedge up the back & almost
white tail. Toe projection large. CLICK for two MS. Both pics w. Sharp-tailed Sandpipers.

Kununurra Sewage Ponds, NE WA IMG_2049 20180811

Cattana Wetlands, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_2287+2300 20201125

Dunne Road Swamp, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_6378 20221101 - MS moving in from left, female Ruff in middle, Pied Stilt behind.

Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_5047+5048 20231006