Common Name : Little Ringed Plover
Species Name : Charadrius dubius
Location : Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
Date taken : 10.04.2011
Equipments : Nikon D90 + Nikkor 70-300mm AF VR Zoom
Special Remarks:
These are some records of "False Brood" Diversionary Display in a Little Ringed Plover. I saw the bird foraging near the shore for a while and then fly/run away after a few minutes, only to return to foraging again. After each forage it would run off towards the dry land and disappear quickly around/behind some bushes. I tried to follow the movements of the bird through my camera lens and found it squatting down from time to time, as if incubating eggs. Then after a few moments it would scurry off again and repeat its squatting action a short distance away, occasionally looking over its back .
Image I: Little Ringed Plover- "False Brood" Display. 1.Bird comes to stand near a thorny shrub.
Image II: Little Ringed Plover- "False Brood" Display. 2.Bird in the process of squatting.
Image III: Little Ringed Plover- "False Brood" Display. 3.Bird squatting on the ground, as if incubating eggs.
Image IV: Little Ringed Plover looking over its back for predators.
Species Name : Charadrius dubius
Location : Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
Date taken : 10.04.2011
Equipments : Nikon D90 + Nikkor 70-300mm AF VR Zoom
Special Remarks:
These are some records of "False Brood" Diversionary Display in a Little Ringed Plover. I saw the bird foraging near the shore for a while and then fly/run away after a few minutes, only to return to foraging again. After each forage it would run off towards the dry land and disappear quickly around/behind some bushes. I tried to follow the movements of the bird through my camera lens and found it squatting down from time to time, as if incubating eggs. Then after a few moments it would scurry off again and repeat its squatting action a short distance away, occasionally looking over its back .
Image I: Little Ringed Plover- "False Brood" Display. 1.Bird comes to stand near a thorny shrub.
Image II: Little Ringed Plover- "False Brood" Display. 2.Bird in the process of squatting.
Image III: Little Ringed Plover- "False Brood" Display. 3.Bird squatting on the ground, as if incubating eggs.
Image IV: Little Ringed Plover looking over its back for predators.
Regards,
Dr. Shrutidev Mishra,
Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.
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