Thanks for that Tim.
I was basing my comment on some references I found which linked [some
groups of] GHLs to coastal/aquatic habitats. Many of the pictures I
found before I set off to BJ also showed GHLs standing in water or on
mud. I do find it interesting that the bird chose a human settlement
for its living area. That said, while our Masked Lapwings are often
found in the vicinity of water, many live in dry conditions and some
live in suburbia.
Regards, Laurie.
On Sunday, July 23, 2006, at 06:01 PM, Tim Murphy wrote:
I Japan, G.H. Lapwings were a fairly easy find in dry rice fields (the
fields are only wet in spring when it is required for the rice
growing) east
of the town of Fuji (on the coastal plain at the foot of Mt Fuj)i.
While the
NSW bird belongs to on of the migratory sub-species, a dry cotton
field and
a dry rice field would be fairly similar habitat.
In fact none of the Vanellus species I have seen is an aquatic/water
edge
bird. They are all quite tolerant of dry conditions.
Tim Murphy
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Sent: Sunday, 23 July 2006 5:37 PM
To: Birding Aus
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Grey-Headed Lapwing 22 July
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The bird was pretty much on its own when I saw it - the only other bird
in the paddock was a Peewee. The thing I find strange is that a
shorebird that apparently hangs out near water in Asia would choose to
settle in a dry paddock in the middle of a cotton growing area.
Perhaps that is the sort of environment it would find near its breeding
grounds in Japan/China.
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