Hi John
A pair have raised young a couple of times from the flat-roofed house
behind ours at Ocean Grove. The adult birds are there most mornings. I'm
not sure if it is still the same pair of adults, or a new generation, but
there has been a pair there year-round for at least 5 years.
I think Masked Lapwings are very site-faithful. I can think of several
accounts where birds have nested in odd places in successive seasons -
school yards, carparks, driveways etc.
Regards
Russell Woodford
Ocean Grove
On 23 April 2013 15:01, John Leonard <> wrote:
> It seems, from the many reports I have recieved, that Masked Lapwings
> nesting on flat roofs is a common occurence.
>
> John Leonard
>
> On 23 April 2013 14:35, Chris Baxter <> wrote:
>
> > Hi John and All
> >
> > On Kangaroo Island, SA, where masked Lapwing is very common, it includes
> > Kingscote township lawns etc within its habitat. More than once a pair of
> > birds have nested on the flat roof of the Kingscote gift shop in the main
> > street of Kingscote, successfully producing young. In my ranger days I
> can
> > remember having to rescue small chicks from the roof and relocate them to
> > the esplanade foreshore lawns nearby (not much to eat up there!)-much to
> > the
> > concern of the noisy parents who berated me with much calling and
> swooping.
> > In the end they settled down and the family of lapwings were again most
> > happy together on the lawns and esplanade beach.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Chris Baxter
> > Kangaroo Island, SA
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> > On Behalf Of John
> Leonard
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 11:42 AM
> > To: Birding-aus; Canberra Birds
> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Masked Lapwings on a roof
> >
> > At the local primary school here in Canberra I have noticed that a apir
> of
> > Masked Lapwings frequenly the flat roof of the main, one-story building.
> I
> > guess they avoid the kids that way.
> >
> > Does anyone have any infroamtion about Masked Lapwings actually nesting
> on
> > flat roofs?
> >
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