Wednesday 26 October 2011

Plovers are pretty cute



Another windy day in Hawks Nest and Stephen stalked a family of Red-capped Plovers. There was a male and female, plus a fluffy chick about the size of 20 cent piece. As we walked through the beach dunes it was fascinating watching their protective behaviour, darting away from the chick and doing the wounded bird trick to lure us into a different direction.

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