Wednesday, 26 July 2023

Wild Bird Wednesday 574 - Black-fronted Dotterel

At the same small pond as last week, but this time the Dotterel is the Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops).

This is a smaller bird than the Red-kneed Dotterel, and this time the common name is more accurate as it does have a black front - and the RKD does not have red knees!

Anyway, this species also seemed rather more timid that its pond-mate and stayed further away.

As you can see the mud around the edge of the pond was very fluid, but must have been filled with goodies.







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11 comments:

  1. Brazilian cardinal! Thank you friend

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  2. Cute little bird..Love it's color pattern.I didn't know that birds had knees...LOL

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  3. Hari OM
    Oh, I do like this wee tweeter! YAM xx

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  4. A lovely little wader Stewart. Thanks for hosting and i hope you have a great week ahead

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  5. Love the bird shots again of Dotterels

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  6. I guess easier to get the wroms if less water?

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  7. Reminds me of some of our shorebirds, like the Kildeer which doesn’t have the bib part.

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  8. never seen the bird in nature....
    excellent shots

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  9. Not a bird I have ever heard of, interesting post. Hope all is well. Diane

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  10. Cute bird! Excellent pictures.

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