RFI - how do you deal with swooping lapwings?

["Rosemary Royle" <>]

When dealing with a similar problem with Arctic Terns (who definitely can draw 
blood!) the solution is usually to hold a stick so that it protrudes vertically 
above your head so that the birds cannot actually hit your head.

I wondered whether this would work for lapwings? Or maybe try an umbrella??

Rosemary



From: Trevor Hampel
  To: Birding-Aus
  Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 2:01 AM
  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


  --
  Trevor Hampel
  Murray Bridge
  South Australia

  Check out my BLOGS (web logs):

  Trevor's Birding - observations and photos of birds at
  http://www.trevorsbirding.com

  Trevor's Travels - travels in Australia, Thailand and Nepal at
  http://www.trevorstravels.com

  Trevor's Writing - read some of my writing at http://www.trevorhampel.com
  ===============================
  www.birding-aus.org
  birding-aus.blogspot.com

  To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
  send the message:
  unsubscribe
  (in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
  to: 
  ===============================


  --
  No virus found in this incoming message.
  Checked by AVG Free Edition.
  Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.13.1/981 - Release Date: 31/08/2007 
06:13
==============================www.birding-aus.org
birding-aus.blogspot.com

To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
send the message:
unsubscribe
(in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
to: 
=============================