Thursday, February 06, 2014

Spur-winged Lapwing

Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
Ethiopia
January 2014
    


This very handsome species was found throughout our trip in
Ethiopia wherever there was suitable wetland. It was certainly the most common plover we would see; always a delight, however.
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David M. Gascoigne,
David M. Gascoigne,

I'm a life long birder. My interests are birds, nature, reading, books, outdoors, travel, food and wine.

11 comments:

  1. Ramakrishnan6 February 2014 at 05:52

    More lovely pics from Ethiopia. Hope you had a successful tour there !

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  2. Daniel6 February 2014 at 08:01

    Very lovely bird. Nice pics too.

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  3. Irma6 February 2014 at 10:22

    Beautiful photos of a particular birds species.

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  4. Ela6 February 2014 at 12:57

    Beautiful images of birds

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  5. Lindsjö taxar6 February 2014 at 15:35

    HI! So your are back!! Beautiful Pictures. Must have been a very exciting trip.
    Majsan/

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  6. Giga6 February 2014 at 17:08

    Podoba mi się ptak i kolory jego upierzenia, no i oczywiście zdjęcia. Pozdrawiam.
    I like the bird and the colors of its plumage, and of course pictures. Yours.

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  7. Sonja6 February 2014 at 19:08

    It is a handsome bird, and one that's especially interesting for me to see as our Masked Lapwing in Australia used to have that name, and it had to be changed because of the clash of names!

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    1. David M. Gascoigne,6 February 2014 at 21:02

      I have seen "your" bird too and it's equally handsome!

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  8. Noushka7 February 2014 at 02:42

    They are quite different from the european ones but as beautiful!
    And their red eye is a must!
    Great shots David!

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  9. Helma7 February 2014 at 12:42

    What a wonderful Plovers David and above two pictures I find super nice captured. I've also never seen these plovers!

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  10. damian8 February 2014 at 17:20


    I will probably never visit Africa :) Very nice bird from the Ethiopia, the cradle of civilization :)

    Regards from Poland
    Damian

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