Long ago, before I became the bird-name rancoteur I am today, I had an idle question. Why, I asked myself, did the loons come...
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Gujarat, December 2010 Target for today: critically endangered Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius). The official definition of CR status says the species could be gone...
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We are well and truly in our “Wet Season” now and hardly a day goes by when we don’t have a storm appear out...
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Back on 14 January Larry and Shari Zirlin were fortunate enough to come across an amazing three Northern Lapwings in a field in New...
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Primarily, Lapwings are an Old World family with over 20 species including Australasia’s Masked Lapwing, Asia’s Yellow-wattled Lapwing and the Red-wattled Lapwing of the...
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Last October we had a rare visitor to Broome in the form of a Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor. It spent its visit at the Golf...
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If you haven’t been to Trinidad and Tobago, you’re missing out on a country that combines many of the best qualities of the Caribbean...
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We have recently come across several Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles families around Broome. They generally lay four eggs, but we have only seen a...
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