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T\u016bturiwhatu\/New Zealand Dotterel returning to the nest after bring flushed by a Karoro\/Kelp Gull flying overhead<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This week I thought a I would share a few more images of the nesting T\u016bturiwhatu\/New Zealand Dotterels from the main beach at Mount Maunganui that I introduced in my New Year 2021 post<\/a>. It was exciting to see 2 birds sitting on nests on the beach which can be very busy through the summer holidays but was relatively clear at the time we visited. The taped area was keeping humans at bay with the help of a community ranger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mount Maunganui main beach with nesting Dotterels. Edin chatting with the Community Ranger.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This fragile fence provides no protection from natural predators, most significant on the native front being the Karoro\/Kelp Gulls. While watching the settled birds they both simultaneously uttered alarm calls and abandoning their nests, rushed seaward as a gull flew overhead. The top image was taken as one soon returned to continue incubating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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T\u016bturiwhatu\/New Zeland Dotterel settling back onto a pair of eggs in the nest.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Incubation lasts a month and hopefully results in precocial young that leave the nest within 24 hours. See New Zealand Birds Online<\/a> for more breeding details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Settled back on the nest<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The nest is simply a scrape in the sand and may be decorated with some shells. This final image shows the bird adjusting one of the shell fragments after settling back in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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T\u016bturiwhatu\/New Zealand Dotterel adjusting shell fragment around nest<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Photos with Nikon D500 and Nikon 300mm f4 PF with TC14E. Habitat photo with iPhone SE 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The past 2 years saw us revisit Waipu and spend sometime with Fairy Terns. This year the campgound at Hahei was our destination for a few days. Things have\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "birds"","block_context":{"text":"birds","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/category\/birds"},"img":{"alt_text":"Photo of a New Zealand Dotterel \/ T\u016bturiwhatu in soft light.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NZDotterel-D5C_2819-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NZDotterel-D5C_2819-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NZDotterel-D5C_2819-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NZDotterel-D5C_2819-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12448,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/12448","url_meta":{"origin":13776,"position":4},"title":"Escape from Lockdown – Mount Maunganui Wildlife","author":"tony","date":"July 5, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Photographing wildlife around the base of Mount Maunganui.","rel":"","context":"In "birds"","block_context":{"text":"birds","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/category\/birds"},"img":{"alt_text":"Photo of a New Zealand Dotterel","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/NZDotterel-D85_9029-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/NZDotterel-D85_9029-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/NZDotterel-D85_9029-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/NZDotterel-D85_9029-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10048,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/10048","url_meta":{"origin":13776,"position":5},"title":"Waipu – New Zealand Dotterel","author":"tony","date":"June 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I had another photographic subject during our visit to Waipu, New Zealand Dotterel. These endemic shorebirds nest on the beach and so are threatened by disturbance from human traffic and dogs, as well as the usual nest predation by introduced mammalian predators and avian predators. Nests can also be lost\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "birds"","block_context":{"text":"birds","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/category\/birds"},"img":{"alt_text":"Northern New Zealand Dotterel on the beach at Waipu Cove.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/NZDotterel-DSC_5451-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/NZDotterel-DSC_5451-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/NZDotterel-DSC_5451-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/NZDotterel-DSC_5451-web.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}