I was out in the apple orchard from before sunrise this morning, and witnessed this interesting zig zagging from these Plovers ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LYWDZItTjo
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I was out in the apple orchard from before sunrise this morning, and witnessed this interesting zig zagging from these Plovers ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LYWDZItTjo
They’re making it harder for you Clint. At least, that’s what they think they’re doing.
its good plover now....
Sure is, i got them both, the other one came back and landed and received the same treatment. They're not just noisey but stupid too!Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
Lol splat
You missed an epic opportunity to get a two for one deal, Just needed to have the right angle
Whilist they were one behind the other a couple of times there was too much distance behind them for that to ever work with this cartridge, the little 20gr vmax blows up violently and theres no direct pass thru, other than tiny fragments blowing up like a tiny handgrenade.Quote:
Originally Posted by Russian 22.
Lapwings do zigzag a lot during their in flight attack, your video shows more than curiosity and I’d say slight aggression at your presence.
Their mistake was underestimating your capabilities :)
Apart from their annoying screeching what harm do these plovers do?
Talking about screeching birds,those plovers have got nothing on the falcon(I think?) that lives around here.
It seems to spend most of it's time flying around screeching when it's not parked in a tall tree screeching
Don't know how it ever catches any prey coz it sure ain't stealthy but seems to manage
Sure has plenty of energy to fly around screeching
They try to keep the Hawkes away, the plovers certainly rark them up. My house backs onto a reserve with a creek thru it and farmland beyond that. Lots of plovers out there, lots of Pukes, some ducks, and the Hawkes are always flying around looking for a feed. The Plovers give them grief, but the hawkes dont get detered. Ive lived here for 12 years and work from home and my office windows looks over it all.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
Same deal in the Orchards, theres always plenty of Hawkes hanging about due to the continual supply of freshly shot rabbits. The plovers never seem to win the battle agaisnt the hawkes. I do know the Hawkes enjoy ripping the meat off the plovers too ;-)
They use to be protected prior to about 2008 from memory.Quote:
Originally Posted by hamsav
The feather shedding behavior was pretty interesting too.:P
Provide live targets....??Quote:
Originally Posted by Finnwolf
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Falcon screeching like that is either: attempting to scare small birds into flight so they can ping them for a meal, or from a tall tree or rock outcrop, letting other Falcon know that this is their territitory
I think you will find that they are protected, they are classed as native because they are self introduced, they came in on cyclone Bola in 1980. And I thought the Kiwi name for them was Mother n Law bird. :D
Used to be, but not since 2008. Legal to shoot the noisey pricks nowQuote:
Originally Posted by BeeMan
Sad times when the bullet is too effective!Quote:
Originally Posted by GWH
Yes, the pukekos all sound the alarm bigtime too when the Hawkes are gliding overQuote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
Here is an extract from NZ Birds on line regarding the spur winged plover......
In just over 80 years since the first breeding record, it has gone from a fully protected native to having that protection removed in 2010. First recorded breeding near Invercargill in 1932, it subsequently spread northwards through the country, becoming established in Northland in the 1980s.
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May bee Bola blew South, :D TNX @kukuwai. :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by kukuwai
You should of tuned them up then @muzza, Bola would not of moved them up here then. :thumbs:Quote:
Originally Posted by muzza