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Banded Dotterels (tuturiwhatu), G7, 100-400

Started Oct 17, 2019 | Photos thread
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Re: Banded Dotterels (tuturiwhatu), G7, 100-400

Messier Object wrote:

Very nice images. Where in NZ was this ?

South coast and on the East side of Wellington harbour. The video was in an area in Robinson Bay about 1 Km from where I live.

The photos of the chicks are probably less than 50m from my front door

I saw and photographed this bird in the Lake Tekapo area last October. I saw enough of them to make me think they were common.

I think all of our dotterel species are either vulnerable or recovering, they are not in great shape.

I'm fairly sure a growing human presence around nesting sites is having a significant effect - people bring disturbance from vehicles, cats and dogs, and since the nests are so hard to see, very easy to walk or drive over.

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