Thread: VIDEO: Spur-wing Plovers - Interesting Zig Zagging behavior

I was out in the apple orchard from before sunrise this morning, and witnessed this interesting zig zagging from these Plovers ;-)

They’re making it harder for you Clint. At least, that’s what they think they’re doing.

its good plover now....

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

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!

Lol splat

You missed an epic opportunity to get a two for one deal, Just needed to have the right angle

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

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.

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?

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

Apart from their annoying screeching what harm do these plovers do?

Provide live targets....??


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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

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

The feather shedding behavior was pretty interesting too.

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.

Originally Posted by BeeMan

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.

Used to be, but not since 2008. Legal to shoot the noisey pricks now