Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Charadrius bicinctus breeding - Ralphs Bay.jpg

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Original - Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) breeding plumage, Ralph's Bay, Lauderdale, Tasmania

Reason: This species is interesting because they side migrate between Australia and New Zealand (rather than a more traditional north-south route). Some start switching to breeding plumage here before flying back to New Zealand. This is the best image I managed to get of one in breeding plumage after a number of attempts. I haven't managed a good non-breeding shot this year.
Articles in which this image appears: Double-banded Plover
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: JJ Harrison

Support as nominator --JJ Harrison (talk) 04:28, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support nice photo. I wish that the feet were visible, but I like showing the bird wading in the water. Pine^talk 04:43, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Beautiful. Just wish it were bigger --Muhammad(talk) 08:15, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Yeah, me too - it is cropped a whole lot. Its a small bird, and 20-25m is about as close as they are comfortable with. JJ Harrison (talk) 09:42, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very nice! ■ MMXX ^talk 22:03, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very good, nice colours. --Elekhh (talk) 01:03, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support Very good, it would be even better if the resolution was higher. TehGrauniad (talk) 16:36, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Charadrius bicinctus breeding - Ralphs Bay.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 03:28, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]