Tuesday, 1 December 2015

Whose egg is this?

We found this egg down the drive and think – but are not sure – that it might be a lapwing's/plover's.



Posted by Vicki at 04:49
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  1. Joan Elizabeth6 December 2015 at 19:55

    How exciting. I have never found an egg other thn a chook egg.

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    1. Vicki8 December 2015 at 11:58

      Exciting for us. Not so for the bird who it belongs to.

      A few people have said they think it belongs to the Masked Lapwing. Because of where it was, we suspect a raven or other nest-looting bird had dropped it.

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  2. Joan Elizabeth25 December 2015 at 17:12

    It it was a lapwing egg then surely there would have been one nearby standing guard. They are very diligent birds.

    Merry Christmas. I hope you are having a wonderful day.

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    1. Vicki26 December 2015 at 12:50

      Oh, I know. They are great defenders of their nests and will take on absolutely anything, even helicopters and cars. A couple of weeks ago, we were driving home when a lapwing chick wandered onto the road in front of us. Mother bird rushed out and stood in the middle of the road flapping her wings in the same motion that a human would use to stop someone. I just wish we'd had a dash-cam.

      The egg was stone-cold (no pun intended), so we think it was probably dropped there by a nest-looting bird like a raven.

      We had a lovely day, thank you. Low-key but that's how we like it.

      Happy Boxing Day, Joan!

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  3. Judi Gray3 January 2016 at 16:58

    Looks like a Masked Lapwing egg to me, very similar to the ones we photographed here recently in their nest when they left it for a short amount of time.

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    1. Vicki3 January 2016 at 17:27

      Thanks, Judi. That certainly seems to be the consensus

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