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Lakescape - 687
aloktewari

Lakescape - 687 (Vanellus duvaucelii)

Lakescape - 687

The 'spur' is
showing ...

Here's closeup of
one of the nesting
Pairs ...

Originally called
Spur-winged Plover
and ... for a while
Spur-winged Lapwing
as well ...
the name given to
the African species now ...
with whom these
are strongly related

Australasian
Masked Lapwing too had
similar semantic
confusion ...

... and
none of them is a
plover in true sense

Meanwhile ... the
Lapwings didn't give
even two hoots ... or
may be one 'did-did'
( their call ... ) about
all that controversy ...

_______________

River Lapwing
Vanellus duvaucelii

Baddi River
Himachal Pradesh
Himalayan Foothills
India.
10 June 2013
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Habitat
River bed with shingle
Location
Baddi River and Industrial Township
Date taken
10.06.2013
Scientific name
Vanellus duvaucelii
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Reactions: thunor, Plectrophane, j toon and 1 other person
bievreJJ
they're so attractive, Alok, a marvelous capture of these two beauties, top class, many tfs!!
 
Kits
A very nicely detailed and composed study of these two lovely lapwings, Alok.
 
delia todd
Staff member
Opus Editor
Supporter
That's a right fine picture you've taken of this pair Alok.

It seems ages since we last saw some come in - I understand that they're getting scarce now.
 
Stanley Jones
Supporter
Gorgeous double capture and close-up of these near threatened lapwings. Beautiful birds and photograph Alok & Renu! TFS!
 

Media information

Category
Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
Added by
aloktewari
Date added
View count
480
Comment count
16

Image metadata

Device
NIKON COOLPIX P510
Aperture
ƒ/5.9
Focal length
360.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1000 second(s)
ISO
200
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
DSCN5130.JPG
File size
1.4 MB
Date taken
Mon, 10 June 2013 9:40 AM
Dimensions
2517px x 2065px

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