> I have seen 30+ Masked Lapwings in a slight depression in a wheat paddock
> 600m from the edge of Hardwicke Bay, on York Peninsula in SA . They all
> seemed to be foraging for some sort of invertebrate.
>
> Peter
Hi Everyone,
I'm surprised someone from Tasmania hasn't commented on this. (Or did I miss
it?) I recall, years back when I first went to Tasmania, being told that
when the Tasmanian bird group did its annual wader survey, they didn't count
Masked Lapwings because there were too many. I hope I am recalling
correctly. Maybe it was just a throwaway line which I believed.
Lapwings are flocking on our local golf course at the moment, but not in
such a big way. I think the max flock I have counted is around the 35 mark.
I'm in Beerwah, in the hinterland of Qld's Sunshine Coast, and at the
northernmost point of the Glasshouse Mountains.
Cheers,
Jill
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Jill Dening
Sunshine Coast, Qld
26º 51' 152º 56'
Ph (07) 5494 0994
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