Banded Lapwings

[Martin Butterfield <>]

I don't t think it is just the current drought shifting them around.

When I first came to Carwoola I corresponded with NSW OEH about some alleged Banded Lapwing (BL) sightings on Carwoola Station in their Atlas, suggesting it was a mis-identification.  About 2 years later I counted over 40 BL feeding in a lucerne crop in the middle of the Plain.  At about the same time the late Denis Wilson saw some on the Kings Highway just W of Bungendore.  Then they turned up close to Hoskinstown and have now been resident on the Plain for at least 2 years.

Martin Butterfield

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On Sat, 5 Jan 2019 at 11:16, Con Boekel <> wrote:

Martin

This may be true.

OTOH, the call of the Banded Lapwing is distinctive and carries a very long way.

Perhaps the drought has pushed a few more in this direction?

regards

Con

On 1/5/2019 10:49 AM, Martin Butterfield wrote:

The landowner who has been hosting the Banded Lapwings on the Plain has advised 

"Riding to Bungendore this morning at about 6 am and I could hear B Lapwings calling . After sometime I noticed them attacking /chasing a raptor , which I think was a Whistling Kite. This was along past the three humps where the paddocks to the west are full of serrated tussock only about 5-6 k from Bungers.  I mention this as the birds , BL  , maybe more widespread then we have thought, and perhaps in the past due to camouflage, lack of people looking/knowing have been more common then we think ?. "

 

Martin Butterfield

http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/