Waders of Victorias for ID

[Toto Gamboa]

I was really itching to go birding around my hometown in Victorias, Negros Occidental and on Jan 3, I had the opportunity since there was no family affair scheduled on that day. Woke up my father very early in the morning to go birding with me. The last time we had our father and son bonding time was when I was an airgun-toting teener always tagging along with Dad's hunting sorties and ready to shoot any bird that cross my way. My father had stopped hunting for quite a long time already and he is quite happy that i am into bird photography nowadays.

So with my father as my driver/birding buddy, we retraced our old hunting routes. And here is the result. All for IDs and could be lifers for me as well.

The quality is just for documentation though as I really had a hard time getting close to these birds.


The beak is longer than its legs. Could this be a Curlew? Which one?


Whimbrels? The beaks are shorter than the first bird i posted and plumage are a bit darker.


I am not sure what this is. Could be one of the shanks?


Another Shank?


Another Shank?


A plover?


Plovers aagain?


Grey Plover?

Thanks in advance for checking out the IDs.

[Godfrey "Godo" Jakosalem]

Hi Toto,

The first pics yah its the Eurasian Curlew. The second pics looks like a flock of Eurasian Curlew i'm not sure with the others in the flock. The third fourth and fifth are Grey-Tailed Tattler. Sixth and the last pics are Grey Plover and the seventh pic is the Red-Necked Stint.

This site is good, two or three hours before high tide and your in the right position with hide like Olango here in Cebu.

Cheers,

Godo

[Mark Itol]

Nice harvest from your hometown, Toto.

[ppaaoolloo]

What wonderful waders under such trying conditions. Were these taken near noon?

[Edu Lorenzo Jr]

Great harvest Toto!

[Toto Gamboa]

Big thanks to Godo, Mark, Pao and Edu.

@ Godo, thanks for the ID. Now I have an idea how it is like in Olango. When low tide, the shorelines expose its sandy bottom for like a kilometer or two and it is teeming with trapped seafoods. Waders are plentiful and so as sea shell gatherers.