Foreshore, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_7045 20231203 - Fourth 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_6995 20231203 - Fourth summer CLICK for another view.
Foreshore, Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_2050 20230316 - Third Summer CLICK a big yawn.
Foreshore, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_1248 20230310 - Third summer; w. a Bar-tailed Godwit in breeding plumage. CLICK forNordmann's w. a crab and Grey-tailed Tattler observing: 20230314.
Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_3158 20211222 - Second summer CLICK w. Bar-tailed Godwit.
Foreshore, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_6926 20220203 - Second summer; taking off. CLICK for a stretch 20220205.
Foreshore, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_3652 20210302 - First summer: Nordmann's in background, Common Greenshank inforeground. CLICK for Nordmann's on right, Common on left.
Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_6337 20210319 - First summer. CLICK for confrontation w. Great Knot over crab bodyon sand.
Foreshore, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_4905 20210307 - First summer: run and lunge
Foreshore, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_3978 20210302 - First summer: the crab must be washed first
Foreshore, Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_3877+3878 20210302 - First summer: knock the legs off, eat the body, then all the legs