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Possibly nesting.
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Possibly nesting.
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A pair with juvenile on sandy beach
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Two pair of VOC. One pair chased the other pair away.
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Two pair of VOC. One pair chased the other pair away.
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Two pair of VOC. One pair chased the other pair away.
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Two pair of VOC. One pair chased the other pair away.
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Usual 3 pairs
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This set captures the size difference between variable and more common southern oystercatcher nicely. Between Himatangi and Foxton Beach, there are routinely upwards of 2 dozen southerns, but I don't recall seeing more than a half dozen of the variables, and often there are none. I don't think the variables are common in the Manawatu estuary either, but that's the main roost for 50-100 southerns.
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This set captures the size difference between variable and more common southern oystercatcher nicely. Between Himatangi and Foxton Beach, there are routinely upwards of 2 dozen southerns, but I don't recall seeing more than a half dozen of the variables, and often there are none. I don't think the variables are common in the Manawatu estuary either, but that's the main roost for 50-100 southerns.
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