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Count of 4... All in a row. Making a lot of noise for the neighbours!
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Spur-winged plover family at the Mitre 10 'fire site' - 2 adults, 4 chicks recently hatched. Chicks were foraging/drinking from puddles in car park area. Parents threatened by photographer would hide chicks under their wings, photos 4, 5, 6, 7. New Zealand dotterel pair have also hatched chicks at this location, and flew overhead at the time photos of SWP were taken. Pied stilts have also hatched chicks at the location. Adult birds fly across nearby motorway to Manukau Harbour foreshore to forage.
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Spur-winged plover family at the Mitre 10 'fire site' - 2 adults, 4 chicks recently hatched. Chicks were foraging/drinking from puddles in car park area. Parents threatened by photographer would hide chicks under their wings, photos 4, 5, 6, 7. New Zealand dotterel pair have also hatched chicks at this location, and flew overhead at the time photos of SWP were taken. Pied stilts have also hatched chicks at the location. Adult birds fly across nearby motorway to Manukau Harbour foreshore to forage.
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Spur-winged plover family at the Mitre 10 'fire site' - 2 adults, 4 chicks recently hatched. Chicks were foraging/drinking from puddles in car park area. Parents threatened by photographer would hide chicks under their wings, photos 4, 5, 6, 7. New Zealand dotterel pair have also hatched chicks at this location, and flew overhead at the time photos of SWP were taken. Pied stilts have also hatched chicks at the location. Adult birds fly across nearby motorway to Manukau Harbour foreshore to forage.
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Spur-winged plover family at the Mitre 10 'fire site' - 2 adults, 4 chicks recently hatched. Chicks were foraging/drinking from puddles in car park area. Parents threatened by photographer would hide chicks under their wings, photos 4, 5, 6, 7. New Zealand dotterel pair have also hatched chicks at this location, and flew overhead at the time photos of SWP were taken. Pied stilts have also hatched chicks at the location. Adult birds fly across nearby motorway to Manukau Harbour foreshore to forage.
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Spur-winged plover family at the Mitre 10 'fire site' - 2 adults, 4 chicks recently hatched. Chicks were foraging/drinking from puddles in car park area. Parents threatened by photographer would hide chicks under their wings, photos 4, 5, 6, 7. New Zealand dotterel pair have also hatched chicks at this location, and flew overhead at the time photos of SWP were taken. Pied stilts have also hatched chicks at the location. Adult birds fly across nearby motorway to Manukau Harbour foreshore to forage.
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Spur-winged plover family at the Mitre 10 'fire site' - 2 adults, 4 chicks recently hatched. Chicks were foraging/drinking from puddles in car park area. Parents threatened by photographer would hide chicks under their wings, photos 4, 5, 6, 7. New Zealand dotterel pair have also hatched chicks at this location, and flew overhead at the time photos of SWP were taken. Pied stilts have also hatched chicks at the location. Adult birds fly across nearby motorway to Manukau Harbour foreshore to forage.
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Spur-winged plover family at the Mitre 10 'fire site' - 2 adults, 4 chicks recently hatched. Chicks were foraging/drinking from puddles in car park area. Parents threatened by photographer would hide chicks under their wings, photos 4, 5, 6, 7. New Zealand dotterel pair have also hatched chicks at this location, and flew overhead at the time photos of SWP were taken. Pied stilts have also hatched chicks at the location. Adult birds fly across nearby motorway to Manukau Harbour foreshore to forage.
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Spur-winged plover family at the Mitre 10 'fire site' - 2 adults, 4 chicks recently hatched. Chicks were foraging/drinking from puddles in car park area. Parents threatened by photographer would hide chicks under their wings, photos 4, 5, 6, 7. New Zealand dotterel pair have also hatched chicks at this location, and flew overhead at the time photos of SWP were taken. Pied stilts have also hatched chicks at the location. Adult birds fly across nearby motorway to Manukau Harbour foreshore to forage.
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Spur-winged plover family at the Mitre 10 'fire site' - 2 adults, 4 chicks recently hatched. Chicks were foraging/drinking from puddles in car park area. Parents threatened by photographer would hide chicks under their wings, photos 4, 5, 6, 7. New Zealand dotterel pair have also hatched chicks at this location, and flew overhead at the time photos of SWP were taken. Pied stilts have also hatched chicks at the location. Adult birds fly across nearby motorway to Manukau Harbour foreshore to forage.
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Spur-winged plover family at the Mitre 10 'fire site' - 2 adults, 4 chicks recently hatched. Chicks were foraging/drinking from puddles in car park area. Parents threatened by photographer would hide chicks under their wings, photos 4, 5, 6, 7. New Zealand dotterel pair have also hatched chicks at this location, and flew overhead at the time photos of SWP were taken. Pied stilts have also hatched chicks at the location. Adult birds fly across nearby motorway to Manukau Harbour foreshore to forage.
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4 birds foraging on the reserve at high tide.
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4 birds foraging on the reserve at high tide.
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A few of these in the paddock The location name is not accurate - Reason
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Yellow_wattled Lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus)
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These were spotted flying over the house, they did not stop in the backyard and they were over 20m away.
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