They do certainly sometimes hit some people - I never have been, but
I have friends who have. And besides, it's easy to tell children not
to panic, and to ignore them, but that's generally easier said than
done for children!
John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tas.
On 01/09/2007, at 3:02 PM, Gregory Little wrote:
Trevor
I have never heard of plovers/lapwings actually ever hitting
anyone. For
all the noise they make they are unlikely to hurt the children.
Just do
nothing and ignore them would be my advise, just respect that they are
trying to protect their young.
Greg Little
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On Behalf Of Trevor Hampel
Sent: Saturday, 1 September 2007 11:01 AM
To: Birding-Aus
Subject: [Birding-Aus] RFI - how do you deal with swooping lapwings?
Yesterday on my birding blog I had a very worried mother ask a
perplexing question about dealing with swooping plovers (lapwings).
I am looking for solutions to her problem. Here is what she said:
"My 4 children (5, 7, 9 and 11) were attacked this morning by a
group of
plovers (a few pairs)they all have young at the moment. They were on
their way to the bus stop and the plovers separated the children and
were swooping and dive bombing them. They arrived back home shrieking
and crying they were so unsettled by the experience. Having come on
the
internet to see what to do, I have read that they usually do not
attack
groups… 2 of my children lay on the ground to show they were not
hostile. We do not have an alternate route to take … any ideas on what
we can do?"
Do readers of Birding-Aus have any solutions?
You can reply to the list, to me personally or on my blog in the
comments section here:
http://www.trevorsbirding.com/pesky-plovers-dealing-with-swooping-
birds/
Thanks for your help.
Trevor
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Murray Bridge
South Australia
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