Nature Note From Mhow: The Red Wattled Lapwing
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Tags: Vanellus indicus Red Wattled Lapwing Madhya Pradesh Indore Nature
Tags: Vanellus indicus Red Wattled Lapwing Madhya Pradesh Indore
Sunday 06 April 2008
Mhow, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Nature Note From Mhow: Images of a Red Wattled Lapwing
Taxonomic Name: Vanellus indicus
Also known as Titeri in Hindi. Tamil: Alkati, Sindhi: Tateehar, Gujarati: Titodi, Kashmiri: Hatatut,
It has a characteristic cry: Did You Do It? It asks.... and sometimes it asks: Did You Really Do It?
I have often seen its eggs not far from this spot where I took these snaps. It does not build a nest. All it does is to find a hollow, safe spot in the ground. The eggs are well camouflaged and one can easily step on them if one is not alert. Many years ago (during the mid nineties) a lapwing had laid eggs in a secluded corner of our compound. But I could not check whether they hatched as I had left town on a trekking holiday. It did not come back after that.
Some enlarged images of some of the above shots:
The Wikipedia entry on this bird. Click here.
The previous nature note from Mhow: Mango Season Is Here
Mhow, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Nature Note From Mhow: Images of a Red Wattled Lapwing
Taxonomic Name: Vanellus indicus
Also known as Titeri in Hindi. Tamil: Alkati, Sindhi: Tateehar, Gujarati: Titodi, Kashmiri: Hatatut,
It has a characteristic cry: Did You Do It? It asks.... and sometimes it asks: Did You Really Do It?
I have often seen its eggs not far from this spot where I took these snaps. It does not build a nest. All it does is to find a hollow, safe spot in the ground. The eggs are well camouflaged and one can easily step on them if one is not alert. Many years ago (during the mid nineties) a lapwing had laid eggs in a secluded corner of our compound. But I could not check whether they hatched as I had left town on a trekking holiday. It did not come back after that.
Some enlarged images of some of the above shots:
The Wikipedia entry on this bird. Click here.
The previous nature note from Mhow: Mango Season Is Here
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