Double-banded Plovers

[Alan]

So small and frail - yet they fly to New Zealand every year to breed. I haven't seen then on the beach for awhile, so I guess/hope they are now in NZ? Another wonder of Nature.

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Moruya Heads. D7000 Tamron 16-300mm. Sept 3

[Ironwood]

Nice shots Alan, they look great with the ocean and waves as a background. Amazing that they can fly all the way to NZ.

[Isac]

I suppose it's easy to fly all that way, when they "Fly United".

[Alan]

New Zealand is just a walk in the park compared to other migrations.

ABC Science - "In March wader birds gather on Australian shores before flying north to breeding grounds as far away as Siberia. They'll fly between 10-15,000 kilometres and lose half their weight on the way.
Out of the estimated 3 million wader birds in Australia, about 2 million leave at this time of year. When they reach their final destination, where they stay for only a brief few weeks, they find the Arctic alive with insect life - just the sort of food young wader birds need.

Flyways are the regular routes taken by migrating birds. The flocks must rely on a series of three or four stopovers on their journey. If just one of these points becomes unsafe or degraded it can spell disaster for the whole migration. "

This is happening now in Japan/China eg where foreshore environments are being reclaimed.

Very interesting reading below..

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articl...01/2685071.htm

https://www.ehp.qld.gov.au/wildlife/...es/shorebirds/

[seaslug]

Nature is incredible. The short tailed shearwaters, which nest along this coast of Tasmania, do a complete circuit of the Pacific and return to the exact same burrow as they used in the previous year. I grew up with a rookery 'up the back yard' so to speak.

You did well to capture these small birds in flight.

[avkomp]

nice work, I think having them in flight like this shows them in a rarely photographed way

[Isac]

Nice timing to get these little fellas Alan and the scene is equally inspiring. Usually if I hear Plover, I think it's the cops!

[Alan]

Thanks Gents

[eaglem]

Nice and sharp for moving objects.