What kind of bird is this??

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mountainvaleag
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What kind of bird is this??

This bird is very small and is living on our country block on the coast of NSW. This little guy is sitting on a couple of small specale eggs just on the ground! 

WendyK
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Black-Fronted Dotterel?

Wendy
Mandurah, WA
Peel-Yalgorup System Ramsar Site

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pacman
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good pic of a Black-fronted Dotterel, they are very skittish

Peter

mountainvaleag
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Thankyou Wendy it certainly looks like him! He must be a little lost not much water near him and he/she is in a very open area! 

mountainvaleag
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Thanks peter she/he was very skittish... Photography is my passion so i try!! 

darinnightowl
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Sexes are similar and their is no seasonal variation in colour as well .

See it!  Hear it!

Mid-North Coast NSW

mountainvaleag
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So there is no real way to tell female to male? I was just trying to find that out this one is on its own with two eggs!

mountainvaleag
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So there is no real way to tell male to female? This one is on its own as far as we can tell with two eggs!

pacman
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my Slater guide says 'Nesting: small scrape in sand or among stones, sometimes well away from water; ....'

also have you noticed that she/he is not always sitting on the eggs, if so this is most likely the changeover from 1 to the other, sitter would vacate the nest and move away and then soon after the next sitter arrives

Peter

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