Banded Lapwing update at Avalon Victoria

There has been some new arrivals to
the paddock on Beach Rd Avalon. 

Yesterday, there were a total of 6 Adult
Banded Lapwings, with 6 chicks. There were five adults with 3 chicks in
one section, and a single adult with 3 chicks in the opposite corner.  

I fear there was another adult that
had been hit by a car. The single adult with 3 chicks was first seen 'on
the road', calling desperately around a pile of  feathers on the road.
It kept returning to this spot, as if to be looking for its partner.  The
chicks kept to the drain, along the side of the road, occassionally running
out onto the road.  Not a safe territory to choose for the safety
of these new arrivals! 

Some other updates around Geelong, Victoria:

* The Grey(white morph) Goshawk was
down at Fyansford again today.

* The Speckled Warblers were seen again
in the Brisbane Ranges on Loves Lane.


Peter