plover

Crowned Lapwing Plover, Vanellus coronatus, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa. Crowned Lapwings prefer short dry grassland which may be overgrazed or burnt. They nest on the ground.

Adult in non-breeding plummage. Common winter visitor to Singapore. Settings: 1500mm ISO160 1/800s f/3.3 -1.3EV.

Adult assuming breeding plummage. Classified as a common winter visitor/passage migrant to Singapore. However, its occurence in Singapore is getting rarer.

Hello today I want to show you this photo of a semipalmated plover. I found this bird at the coast of california near Los Angeles and waited for the best moment, when the light goes down. This photo was taken some minutes before sunset. Regards Daniel

juvenile Greater Sand Plover. at east coastal reagion of S. Korea.

This little Guy was so attached to the small puddle he was feeding in! that cars going around the pool were completly ignored . ------------------------------------------------ website http://www.pbase.com/02purser

Lapwings in dispute over territory

Little Ringed Plover on one of the lakes at Druridge Bay RSPB. First sighting for me of this delightful little wader.

" They are all Semipalmated Plovers, said that nice lady as I asked her."

Taken in December 2010. Converted to B&W with a Red Filter via Lightroom presets. Some tweaking with sharpness, contrast. Its actually quite good fun messing with the pre-sets I hadn't tried before.

Red-wattled Lapwings are large waders, about 35cm long. The wings and back are light brown with a purple sheen, but head and chest and front part of neck are black. Prominently white patch runs between these two colours, from belly and tail, flanking the neck to the sides of crown. Short tail is...