Sunday 22 March 2015

Mystery Wader

Without a scope, we struggled long and hard over this wader. The very dark patch on its left shoulder was quite confusing. It crossed our minds that it could have been a Green Sandpiper.

It was not till it flew into the water and turned around that we were able to properly identify it.

The next sighting was right beside our car – spotted luckily by Sally. There were three of them.

Greater Painted Snipes

A few other sightings  in the same general area: The first three photos and last two submitted by Hennie Jordaan.

One bird that has us wondering is this Crossbilled LBJ.

 

Paul and Sally Bartho