There's Something Special about Waders

Waders baffle me. When I was walking towards the end of the jetty at Parit Jawa, Johor, little did I realize God's Creatures, (Small in this case) were resting on the floating logs at the estuary - Red-necked Stints, Terek Sandpipers and Lesser Sand-Plovers, to be exact. Their brown, grey and white plumage almost blended with the colours of the logs. Some of these migrants were all fluffed up and extremely cute-looking when you take a closer look at them through a scope. The breeding plumage of the Lesser Sand-Plover stood out amongst the flock of waders. I loved looking at the Stint stretching its wings and leg, as the other hopped over to the other log - the animated GIF for this as below. It was a very windy Saturday morning and I had met up with my Wader Guru, Ang Teck Hin to do some wader watching in both Parit Jawa and Sungai Balang. Lesser Sand-Plover and Terek Sandpipers are listed as Least Concern in IUCN Redlist whereas the Red-necked Stint is listed as Near Threatened. More to come in the next blog post on Sungai Balang, although the Little Curlew remained a no-show. Earlier post about the Little Curlew is available HERE. Link to the video of the waders is available HERE.