Stepping into the wayback machine, found this Eurasian Curlew. Maybe hard to appreciate without a frame of reference, but this is a LARGE wader with a 1 meter wingspan and a very long bill used to probe the mud for yum yums. Not a bird voted eye candy of the year, but an uncommon winter visitor and passage migrant to Singapore.
6. "RE: Eurasian Curlew"
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Hi Darren,
There's a reason to include the flight shot. For many waders and sea birds you have to seen the open wings & tail to tell the species apart. The white back and white rump happen to be the key ID features that tell this species apart from the mentioned Far Eastern Curlew !
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, I almost forgotten about this guy. Need to go dig out my old images as well. 
