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Red-capped Plover Nest

Charadrius ruficapillus

Photo by StevenSpragg
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These eggs were so camoflaged that i nearly stepped on them. The presence of the nest was given away by the female who was feinting a broken wing. I made sure no egg stealing birds were around before aproaching

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Comments (4)
StevenSpragg
The photo was taken in july, red-capped plovers breed throughout the year. Its spring over in Australia and there are baby birds all over the place. Im getting great phot opportunities :)
Darwin26
Eggs? this time of year - must be some other hemisphere ~ such a thought hadn't occured to me ... showing my hemisphericentricity
Christiane
Cool.. Thanks for uploading it!! It looks like the eggshells I found...

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