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Plover Attack


Plover Attack
Photo Information
Copyright: Helmut Samerski (spiker26) (13)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-09-23
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D300, Nikon 18-200mm VR II and 5x magnifier
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/500 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-09-25 21:06
Viewed: 743
Points: 0
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Plovers are adamant that their nest site is out of bound to anybody. It is secrete ground which is fervently defended. I spotted this Lady sitting in an open grass patch and could not resist sneaking in and taking a pot-shot at her. She was not a happy girl at my intrusion into her space and I don’t blame her. She settled down after a while and returned to her nest and allowed me to come within a meter of her, albeit I had to get down and dirty and crawled onto my belly.
Plovers are found throughout the world, there are about 40 species in the subfamily, most of them called "plover" or "dotterel". This plover is a Masked Lapwing or Spur-winged Plover.

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To anil_pinto: Hi Anilspiker26 1 09-26 00:05
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hi,
You got a good picture, but you have cut the wings and the below part of the bird.It would have been good if you had cover the whole..

cheers,
Anil Pinto

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