Sorry folks
I have been a bit hasty. Today, my colleague kindly sent me three
photos. Turns out this is a classic case of taking things for granted
and not asking the obvious questions of non-birders: "What did the
bird look like?".
Somewhere along the line my colleague had come to associate the word
"plover" with something totally different, viz., "those pigeons
without the topknot" [i.e. crested pigeons]. The "plovers" that are
nesting in the hanging basket were indeed just that - a pair of
Spotted Doves!!
My apologies to all those fine upstanding plovers too!
Cheers
Michael Atzeni
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>Subject: RE: Masked Lapwings nesting in a hanging basket
>Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:02:47 +0800
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>>Had a colleague from work today inform me a pair of Masked Lapwings
>>have started nesting in a hanging basket outside their home in
>>Wilsonton, Toowoomba. Has anyone else witnessed such a thing before?
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>>Regards
>>Michael Atzeni
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