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

Double-banded Plover
Voting period ends on 25 Aug 2011 at 04:28:47 (UTC)
 * 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)
 * Support nice photo. I wish that the feet were visible, but I like showing the bird wading in the water. Pinetalk 04:43, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Support Beautiful. Just wish it were bigger --Muhammad (talk) 08:15, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
 * 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)
 * Support Very nice!  ■ MMXX  talk  22:03, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Support Very good, nice colours. --Elekhh (talk) 01:03, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak Support Very good, it would be even better if the resolution was higher. TehGrauniad (talk) 16:36, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 03:28, 25 August 2011 (UTC)