Odd place for lapwings

[David Rees <>]

Here is another plover, a much rarer one,  in NZ, found in the far south, and around its biggest city. it is also getting creative about nesting sites  - https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/dotterels-give-up-beach-to-nest-in-auckland-construction-sites/ar-AAHU3wf?li=BBSVtLJ&docId=eO0Z0O5ipVqcMfaCULjxoWjpUE0

and https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/construction-site-dotterels/

and https://nzta.govt.nz/assets/innovation-uploads/upload-12307/Guidance-in-relation-to-dotterels-Final-20-comb.pdf

Is this a good thing or is it birds responding to pressure elsewhere??  I have found these very reare birds in Urban parks In Auckland and have even provided NZ DOC  with video footage for publicity material

David

On 7/08/2020 8:02 pm, Philip Veerman wrote:

Thanks for these responses. Leads to the question, do the chicks of nesting on rooves ever survive? How do they get down? This must be a new thing for them, rooves are recent in history, unlike the ducks that nest in trees and the chicks follow the parents and just jump down to land on the ground.

 

Philip

 

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Subject: Re: [Canberrabirds] Odd place for lapwings

 

We got a report of them nesting on the Yass Police Station roof just a couple of weeks ago.  And previously I have dealt with them nesting on a roof in an industrial area in Queanbeyan and the lawn bowls club.

 

Maryanne Gates

Bird Coordinator/Secretary

Wildcare Queanbeyan Inc

PO Box 1404 Queanbeyan NSW 2620

www.wildcare.com.au

02 6299 1966

 

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On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 at 23:40, Marg Peachey <> wrote:

A few years ago a pair of Masked Lapwings nested on top of the Cook shops.

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On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 at 21:14, Philip Veerman <> wrote:

My first floor workplace desk over the past month or more overlooks the roof
of the post office depot in Tuggeranong. It is olive green (i.e. grass
colour). The roof is regularly occupied by a pair of Masked Lapwings. I
don't see them on the other nearby rooves. I don't know what food they find
there but I think they sometimes do. I expect there is a precedent for this
but it is still odd.

Philip


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