Foreshore, Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_0106 20250118 - Fifth summer.
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_0060 20250118 - Fifth summer; in front of Common Greenshank on left.
Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_2130 20250118 - Fifth summer.
Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_0104 20250118 - Fifth Summer. CLICK for another pic.
Foreshore, Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_0413 20250120 - Fifth summer. CLICK for another pic.
Foreshore, Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_0004 20250118 - Fifth summer. With Terek Sandpiper.
Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_7552 20231207 - Fourth summer. CLICK for a pic: 20231218.
Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_0109 20250118 - Fifth summer, eating a crab.
Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_9960 20250117 - Fifth summer; searching for prey - a crab.
Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_2020 20240328 - Fourth summer: hunting for crabs