Vik's Gallery:   Long-billed Dowitcher (8/10)

CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Limnodromus scolopaceus  

Further around the lake, other birders are also searching.

The Long-billed Dowitcher has drawn several of Australia's best known birders including current Australian Big Year record holder, John Weigel, who is in the process of breaking his own record this year, and the legendary Mike Carter who holds the record for seeing the most bird species in Australia ever.