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Pacific Golden Plover
Pluvialis fulva
21.4826, -158.041
Field Notes
Description:
Brownish-beige mottled bird ~ 0.25 m tall.
Habitat:
Tropical island. In this case, a mixed residential and industrial area adjacent to an airfield.
Notes:
Spotted on Wheeler AAF. This species is actually quite common locally.
It reliably displays a couple of characteristics:
First, when disturbed or feeling threatened, with short, quick steps, it walks--runs, actually--away for 2 or 3 meters, and then stops, looks about and, if still feeling uncomfortable, repeats the walk-stop-look behavior.
Second, if really spooked, it flies off, uttering as it does a short, single, high-pitched, squeak.
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