Friday, September 17, 2010

Some interesting waterbirds from Kapar

Since I haven't managed to get into the field for almost a month, I've asked permission from Ang Teck Hin to post some of his recent discoveries at Kapar Power Station, Selangor, the country's prime migratory waterbird site.



The first is a small calidrid sandpiper with a shortish downward-curved bill.





The second is potentially even more interesting - the large, pale-mantled tern on the left of the picture with a mostly yellow, black-tipped bill!

Before I say what I think they are, I thought it would be interesting to hear other people's opinions!

5 comments:

  1. Heeeee Chinese Crested Tern ah :)

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  2. Alfred Chia5:45 pm

    Non-breeding Dunlin?
    Tern is difficult although a very wild guess & far-fetched one is immature River Tern?

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  3. Hi Dave, Dunlin for the first pic. My guess for this strange looking tern is Chinese Crested, but the nape is not dark.

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  4. Cannot be Chinese Crested. You would have jumped into your car and headed to Kapar immediately. How about non-breeding River Tern. Out of range.

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  5. Sound logic Tun Pin!

    Dave

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