Monday, April 25, 2011

[BirdPhotoIndia] Little Ringed Plover: Distraction Display-I. False Brooding. image.3.

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.
 
Regards,
Dr. Shrutidev Mishra,
Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.

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