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| Masked Lapwing "Spur-winged Plover" Vanellus miles novaehollandiae Cape York, Queensland, Australia, 2012 |
I was terrified of these guys when I was a kid. I remember being attacked by squadrons of them. They sank battleships around me. Their frightening screams in my face just increasing the fear of their legend... I was told that they had spurs on their wings and they would rip all the skin from my puny bones... I just knew them then as "Plovers".
Actually I was attacked often and they never came in contact with me. I think they are all show.
...and what a show. Just keep away from them when they're nesting!
