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First things first - the bird in the last post was correctly spotted and id'ed by Tun Pin aka Tippytommi- a Sanderling. Good job!
Before heading to the ashponds I drove to Klang to take advantage of a generous offer by Jason Tan, of Trifid Optics, to borrow his 400 prime lens with 1.4 teleconverter.
I arrived at the site at around midday, and, after setting up my hide at the main roost site, I spent an hour or so unsuccessfully trying to see a Mangrove Pitta that had been calling nearby the previous day.
Once I had installed myself in my hide I discovered that I had sited it right on top of an ants' nest, so for the next five hours I suffered their attacks. The things we do for our art!
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In the first group of waders to arrive there were a couple of Nordmann's (one flying in in this shot).
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Panic stations! A Peregrine comes in for a surprise attack! I was so intent on photographing the waders that I didn't see the Peregrine till I got back to the hotel and looked through my photos!
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You can see the urgency in the way these birds are trying to get up to maximum speed! Thanks to the Peregrine, I finally got a half decent shot of the white underwing coverts of a Nordmann's Greenshank.
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Everyone seems to have survived the scare! Here six Nordmann's are joined by three Asian Dowitchers. a Common Greenshank and a Broad-billed Sandpiper.
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The day was much more overcast than yesterday, which meant I didn't have the beautiful afternoon light. One the plus side, it also meant there was no heat haze. Here's today's version of 'the three musketeers' - Marsh Sandpiper, Nordmann's Greenshank and Common Greenshank, with Great Knot, Broad-billed Sandpiper and Greater Sand Plover thrown in for good measure!
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Here the greenshanks are joined by a small flock of Black-tailed Godwits and a dowitcher. Note that the chestnut colouration on the Black-tailed Godwit only extends to the lower breast.
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Another shot of the Black-tails, showing the straight, pink-based bill (Bar-tailed is slightly upturned and sharper at the tip). The different bill structure of Asian Dowitcher(centre) is well illustrated here.
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