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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/50515790367/" title="Tui - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50515790367_7305bb7160_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tui - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/50514909233/" title="Tui - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50514909233_3f0d2c122e_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tui - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/50515622446/" title="Tauhou - silvereye - Zosterops lateralis"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50515622446_f4154088d7_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tauhou - silvereye - Zosterops lateralis" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/50515622506/" title="Tauhou - silvereye - Zosterops lateralis"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50515622506_8de2c8660d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tauhou - silvereye - Zosterops lateralis" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/50515622096/" title="Tui - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50515622096_c506af2217_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tui - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/50514908638/" title="Tui - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50514908638_b3df985afb_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tui - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/50515789407/" title="Tui - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50515789407_574a31c392_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tui - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/50514908318/" title="Tui - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50514908318_56acfac6d7_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Tui - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/50514907873/" title="Tui - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50514907873_14ac9a2856_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tui - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/50515622601/" title="Tauhou - silvereye - Zosterops lateralis"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50515622601_312f87fd7c_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tauhou - silvereye - Zosterops lateralis" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/50515790217/" title="Tauhou - silvereye - Zosterops lateralis"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50515790217_d6dda21eca_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tauhou - silvereye - Zosterops lateralis" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/50514909023/" title="Tauhou - silvereye - Zosterops lateralis"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50514909023_a1b67c17e0_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tauhou - silvereye - Zosterops lateralis" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/50514908843/" title="Tui - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50514908843_bc481075e0_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tui - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/50515622651/" title="Tui - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50515622651_153181681f_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tui - Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/50515724772/" title="Tōrea pango - Variable oystercatcher - Haematopus unicolor"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50515724772_5cdb1ff0d1_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tōrea pango - Variable oystercatcher - Haematopus unicolor" /></a></p> <p>The &quot;intermediate&quot; or &quot;smudgy&quot; morph bird in these photos could well be a variable oystercatcher/South Island oystercatcher hybrid. <br /> <br /> Such hybrids are almost impossible to tell in the field from intermediate morph birds of this species, however the location on the Ashley Estuary (too far south to be in the usual range of intermediate morph variables) and the fact the estuary is known for incidences of this hybridisation, makes it more likely this bird is indeed a hybrid.<br /> <br /> The variable oystercatcher is a familiar stocky coastal bird with a long, bright orange bill, found around much of New Zealand. They are often seen in pairs probing busily for shellfish along beaches or in estuaries. Previously shot for food, variable oystercatchers probably reached low numbers before being protected in 1922, since when numbers have increased rapidly. They are long-lived, with some birds reaching 30+ years of age.<br /> <br /> The existence of different colour morphs (black, intermediate or ‘smudgy’, and pied) caused early confusion, and they were variously thought to be different species, forms, or hybrids. This confusion was compounded by a cline in morphs, with the proportion of all-black birds increasing from north to south. The colour morphs inter-breed freely and are now all accepted as being a single species - <a href="http://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/50515558561/" title="Mixed flock of terns and gulls"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50515558561_bf48684f31_m.jpg" width="185" height="240" alt="Mixed flock of terns and gulls" /></a></p> <p>Black-billed gull (Larus bulleri) and white-fronted tern (Sterna striata) - Ashley Estuary, New Zealand.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/50515558326/" title="Tōrea pango - Variable oystercatcher - Haematopus unicolor"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50515558326_8b739a762a_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tōrea pango - Variable oystercatcher - Haematopus unicolor" /></a></p> <p>The &quot;intermediate&quot; or &quot;smudgy&quot; morph bird in these photos could well be a variable oystercatcher/South Island oystercatcher hybrid. <br /> <br /> Such hybrids are almost impossible to tell in the field from intermediate morph birds of this species, however the location on the Ashley Estuary (too far south to be in the usual range of intermediate morph variables) and the fact the estuary is known for incidences of this hybridisation, makes it more likely this bird is indeed a hybrid.<br /> <br /> The variable oystercatcher is a familiar stocky coastal bird with a long, bright orange bill, found around much of New Zealand. They are often seen in pairs probing busily for shellfish along beaches or in estuaries. Previously shot for food, variable oystercatchers probably reached low numbers before being protected in 1922, since when numbers have increased rapidly. They are long-lived, with some birds reaching 30+ years of age.<br /> <br /> The existence of different colour morphs (black, intermediate or ‘smudgy’, and pied) caused early confusion, and they were variously thought to be different species, forms, or hybrids. This confusion was compounded by a cline in morphs, with the proportion of all-black birds increasing from north to south. The colour morphs inter-breed freely and are now all accepted as being a single species - <a href="http://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/50515558171/" title="Tōrea pango - Variable oystercatcher - Haematopus unicolor"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50515558171_3dbf31bcd6_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tōrea pango - Variable oystercatcher - Haematopus unicolor" /></a></p> <p>The &quot;intermediate&quot; or &quot;smudgy&quot; morph bird in these photos could well be a variable oystercatcher/South Island oystercatcher hybrid. <br /> <br /> Such hybrids are almost impossible to tell in the field from intermediate morph birds of this species, however the location on the Ashley Estuary (too far south to be in the usual range of intermediate morph variables) and the fact the estuary is known for incidences of this hybridisation, makes it more likely this bird is indeed a hybrid.<br /> <br /> The variable oystercatcher is a familiar stocky coastal bird with a long, bright orange bill, found around much of New Zealand. They are often seen in pairs probing busily for shellfish along beaches or in estuaries. Previously shot for food, variable oystercatchers probably reached low numbers before being protected in 1922, since when numbers have increased rapidly. They are long-lived, with some birds reaching 30+ years of age.<br /> <br /> The existence of different colour morphs (black, intermediate or ‘smudgy’, and pied) caused early confusion, and they were variously thought to be different species, forms, or hybrids. This confusion was compounded by a cline in morphs, with the proportion of all-black birds increasing from north to south. The colour morphs inter-breed freely and are now all accepted as being a single species - <a href="http://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/50515558391/" title="Tarapirohe - Black-fronted tern - Chlidonias albostriatus"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50515558391_39f466e968_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tarapirohe - Black-fronted tern - Chlidonias albostriatus" /></a></p> <p>black-billed gulls in the background<br /> Photographed at Ashley Estuary</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stevex2/">Steve Attwood</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevex2/50514844153/" title="Mixed flock of terns and gulls"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50514844153_61d49ffa2e_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Mixed flock of terns and gulls" /></a></p> <p>Black-billed gull (Larus bulleri) and white-fronted tern (Sterna striata) - Ashley Estuary, New Zealand.</p>

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