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Southern lapwing

vanellus chilensis

Photo by patty
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Description:

As every year, the Southern lapwings that share the school grounds with us have had new baby birds for our delight.
This baby lapwing is two weeks old and is already running around under its parents close supervision and warning calls.

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Southern Lapwing

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Comments (6)
patty
yes, they are beautiful and it is so nice to see them grow =)
patty
Thank you Karen and Sintija =)
patty
Thank you Jemma, it is adorable =)

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Birds of the World
Mission
Uruguayan Biodiversity
Birds of St Georges School
Mission
South american birds

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PublishedSeptember 11, 2013

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