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Binginwarri Landcare group
Coastal Birds |
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Coastal birds habit the coastline feeding at sea or in the shallows adjacent to the shore. They lay their eggs in the sand on the beach or on the hill or cliff sides. Some shorebirds are seen inland where there are large bodies of water.
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Caspian Tern, Sterna caspia. (AK)
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Crested Tern, Sterna bergii. (AK)
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Crested Tern eggs. (AK)
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Crested Terns mating dance (banded). (AK)
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Crested Tern. Juvenile. (AK)
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White-winged (Black) Tern, Chlidonias leucoptera. (AK)
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Crested Tern, Sterna nereis (juvenile). (JM)
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Greenshank, Tringa nebularia. (AK)
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Pacific Gull, Larus pacificus, (KP)
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Pacific Gull. Juvenile. (KP)
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Sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris melanotos. (AK)
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Sharp-tailed sandpiper. (AK)
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Yellow-nosed Albatross, Diomedea chlororhynchos. (AK)
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Eastern Curlew,Numenius arquata. (AK)
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Eastern Curlew. (AK)
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Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus. (AK)
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Silver Gull, Larus novaehollandiae. (KP)
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Osprey, Pandion haliaetus.(AK)
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Latham's or Japanese Snipe, Gallinago hardwickii, Family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies). (EN)
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Hooded Plover, Charadrius rubricollis. (AK)
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Bird photographs contributed by Kim Baggaley, Alison Kuiter, Emily Noble, Kaye Proudley and John McClumpha
