Hi
Can anyone tell me what the incubation period for Masked lapwings is? There is a pair at work who have laid in a very inconvenient spot!
Thanks
Andrew
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I realise now that was silly. In fact, it is just as likely I considered ANY Vanellus other than Banded to be rare out there. I don’t recall. But I vaguely remember being surprised that miles was the one out there.
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Makes sense to me. I always assumed a lot of the story is that human alterations to habitat have favoured expansion of both species, breaking down their boundaries.
I have seen miles in the Brisbane Valley and also somewhere out in southwestern Queensland – perhaps Thargomindah or maybe Windorah. But in both cases, it seemed exceptional. Certainly in southeast Qld, miles is extremely rare. My assumption was that the case in the southwest was similar – lots of Spur-wings.
I seem to remember thinking their calls are different also.
Cheers, Chris.
It’s about five weeks. We have a pair who have nested on an island in our dam three times in quick succession this year. They have always done the usual noisy divebombing which I mostly ignored, having been told that they are all ‘bark and no bite’. During the most recent nesting, however, the male has become extremely aggressive and has hit me a number of times. On one occasion he was swooping at me as I was bending down to pull out a fireweed. I stood up suddenly and he hurtled straight into my back. He wobbled off and landed, obviously stunned and I had a rest from the constant divebombing. On the following day he started up again and attacked our grandson, delivering a puncture wound and bruising to the lower back. I suspect that the loss of the first two broods, shortly after the chicks left the island, has made him more desperate to defend his young this time around. I hope this lot of chicks survive as I am tired of not being able to work my property in peace. Paul Osborn Bulahdelah, NSW
It’s about five weeks. We have a pair who have nested on an island in our dam three times in quick succession this year. They have always done the usual noisy divebombing which I mostly ignored, having been told that they are all ‘bark and no bite’. During the most recent nesting, however, the male has become extremely aggressive and has hit me a number of times. On one occasion he was swooping at me as I was bending down to pull out a fireweed. I stood up suddenly and he hurtled straight into my back. He wobbled off and landed, obviously stunned and I had a rest from the constant divebombing. On the following day he started up again and attacked our grandson, delivering a puncture wound and bruising to the lower back. I suspect that the loss of the first two broods, shortly after the chicks left the island, has made him more desperate to defend his young this time around. I hope this lot of chicks survive as I am tired of not being able to work my property in peace. Paul Osborn Bulahdelah, NSW