Early morning feed…

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David Berry

David Berry

🇦🇺 Australia 🦘
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Bar-tailed Godwitt : Brighton Mudflats, Brisbane
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Bar-tailed Godwit : Himantopus leucocephalus
Brighton Beach, Brisbane
camera—subject: 34 metres​

If the tide's out, it's feeding time!

Southern spring = non-breeding plumage (not that it's evident in this photo!).
 
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Barking Beans Coffee said:
Love the sand in this one. Adds some interest not normally seen like this.
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Crabs, crabs, crabs… and yet more crabs of the 'sand bubbler' variety (species Scopimera inflata) which abound on mudflats of Australia's Pacific coast.

In this photo — taken last year in the southern section of Moreton Bay — you can see the same little spat-out balls scattered over the tidal flats. Of course, I wasn't paying any more attention to crustacean detritus then than I was this morning!

… David

Low Tide : Southern Moreton Bay, Queensland
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Barking Beans Coffee said:
Growing up in California, we just called them sand crabs. For you they’re bird lures.
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Another photo that just happens to have bubbler crab 'balls' in it. Dare I add that where man and dog were enjoying themselves is a feeding area for endangered migratory shorebirds.

Each crab would be smaller than the man's big toe. (My non-scientific way of measuring!)

Deception Bay
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