Masked lapwing (2)

[Julian Robinson <>]

I photographed my swooping Lapwing at the village near Bungonia (whose
name I've forgotten and Google maps won't tell me, although I can see the
street layout) while they were still sitting on eggs.  One was on
the nest while the other harassed me including top class swooping and
veering away at the last millisecond if I got within 20m or so.

julian


> Ray, I suspect
> rather than a nest they have young - my experience in Chapman is that
> apart from being on sentry and alerting the partner (who then sneaks off
> the nest) the pair does not swoop until the young are hatched (as they
> are doing in the Chapman horse paddocks right now).  The chicks are
> reasonably mobile even when very young and hopefully were able to escape
> the mower.


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