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Yellow Face Spur Winged Plover


Yellow Face Spur Winged Plover
Photo Information
Copyright: Murray Lines (MLINES) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1305 W: 96 N: 1023] (8484)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-08-09
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon EOS 400D, Sigma 18-200 Zoom F3.5-6.3 DC
Exposure: f/13.0, 1/800 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2009-02-14 17:38
Viewed: 275
Points: 12
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This bird's face was so yellow it almost looked as if it was painted. At the Botanical Gardens just next to the city, near Farm Cove.

Thanks to "HapiSnapa" for identifying this distinctive bird.

Notes from Burke's Backyard site.
The Spur-winged plover (Vanellus miles) is so named because it has a sharp, yellow, black-tipped spur on each wing. It is also known as the Masked lapwing and Masked plover. It is a long-legged wading bird with a black head, white belly and yellow facial wattles. Plovers are found Australia-wide. The Spur-winged plover is found mainly in South and Eastern Australia.


Spur-winged plovers are ground-nesting birds, and they usually have two chicks. These birds used to migrate from Australia to Siberia, where they could nest in peace without any predators around. However, they now breed in Australia, and have to constantly defend their chicks against intruders.
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To rewshearer: Help with settingMLINES 1 02-15 01:44
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Lovely photograph. It's very difficult to take a shot of birds but then you have managed to explain with a note too. tfs.

Hi Murray

Nice sharp photo of a Spur Winged Plover (Vanellus miles novaehollandiae) notice the little yellow spur on the wing, we have them in NZ as well, very vicious protectors of ther nests.

Crisp, sharp, clear. You did well adjusting your ISO to secure a quick enough shutter speed, nice job.

Still looks a little more exposed than it needed to be, I think you could've chanced ISO400 with other settings the same, and still got a good shot.

Rew

Hi Murray,
A fine colourful crisp and clear portrait of the yellow head fellah. Excellent sharp Murray, never saw a yellow face plover but it's a special bird I persume. Fine posting my friend.
Hans

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  • chrisJ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4248 W: 414 N: 6735] (42365)
  • [2009-02-15 4:16]

Hi Murray

Good catch of the plover, which I don't recall seeing around South East Qld. The green grass makes a fine bg. Superb use of a shallow dof. Tfs!

Wow, what a funny looking Bird this is, never seen it before.
Good capture of it, Murray.
Best regards, jan

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