mikey_crikey's Identifications

Mongolian plovers in front of flock of sandpipers

This pair is often found in front of monkey rock but we don't know where they nest, if they even do so.

This is our lonely guy, usually hanging out in north Piha.

Young dotterel feeding on the sand hoppers in the tyre tracks

Three NZ dotterel feeding on the reef.

Four NZ dotterel feeding on a sandy patch on the reef at low tide. Showing aggressive behaviour towards each other at times. See footprints http://naturewatch.org.nz/observations/5969490

1

At least 30

In coastal herbfield

Sparse, growing on basalt, on lake edge.
Western Springs/Waiorea, Western Springs, Auckland

Locally common in coastal herbfield

upper salt marsh

Pigeons and Doves