Hi All,
Well thanks PJ Milburn for accepting the remote possibility that
our Lapwing is an Escapee...as to your logic with the Parrot...Apples are
vegetables but not all vegetables are apples...Shaun Bagley doesn't convince
either...we are talking of a bird that is primarily tropical,uses trade
winds to migrate,lives in moist swampy country,here we are it has defied the
prevailing winds,overflown conducive habitats and taken up residence it
would seem in an arid area where they have recently had frosts...he has
callousities rubbing injuries or warts...lets ask our banders how often they
see such a thing in a Wild Bird...As I agree it can happen with Fish lines I
once saw it in a Chough years ago...Shaun the Birds you mention are a bit
irrelevant...Still at the End of the Day as John Disney once was quoted asd
saying "they got wings they can fly"Our Lapwing would have to be on a par
with the well authenticated stories of Fish,Frogs,even Monkeys and
Alligators that have fallen from the sky to convince me....Terry Gourlay.
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