Four Banded Lapwings and another road trip
Banded Lapwings in Murray-Sunset National Park, NW Victoria
It has been far too long since my last post here on my birding site. Over the last two months my energy levels have been very low due to a prolonged illness but I’m almost over that now, thankfully. I’ve also been overwhelmed by my workload with my lecturing job, but I’m now getting on top of that too.
Late last week we had a quick road trip to Sydney to help out family. Along the way I always enjoy watching out for any birds, seeing if something unusual pops into view. On the road from Tooleybuc to Balranald in far western NSW our approaching car disturbed 4 Banded Lapwings feeding on the edge of the road. Travelling at around 110kph is not ideal for taking a photo; the camera was inaccessible anyway. So instead, I’ve posted a photo I took several years ago in the Murray-Sunset National Park in far north-west Victoria.
As I commented on that posting, this species is something of a bogey bird for me. I’ve only seen it on a handful of occasions in the last 40 years. I must get out birding more often to increase my chances of seeing this delightful species.
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What a lovely shot. I’ve never seen these banded lapwings, they look great.
Banded Lapwings are more colourful and delightful than their noisy and aggressive cousins, in my opinion. They are widespread but not common anywhere, in my experience. On occasions loose flocks of several hundred have been sighted, but this is rare. They are usually seen in small groups of fewer than 10 or so.