PLOVER STORY: Spur-winged Plovers Nesting > Day Minus Two: Spur-winged Plover Two-Egg Nest (29 October 2007) (7)
The speckled beige and black-ink-smudged eggs are laid on the ground, in a nest fashioned from twigs and small stones – which the Plover parent continues to re-arrange while sitting on the nest and protecting the eggs from the boiling sun. It’s amazing how camouflaged the nest is, even with the adult bird sitting on it. Because of the work going on all around, and the possibility of the tractor crushing the nest, my father had to put a stake in the ground right next to the nest, to ensure he doesn’t drive over it by mistake, but if it were not for that, you would have a hard time spotting where the nest is. Read More...
