Sunday, July 19, 2015

LADY CHATTERLEY'S (P)LOVERS

Normally hot-blooded Plovers , fluffed up in Queensland's cold snap . When nesting, these birds are very defensive and dive bomb people who come near . A member of  the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was attacked by a plover outside parliament. Plovers have an unfortunate habit of laying eggs on grass  next to busy roads  , their tiny, fluffy chicks often run over . A regular tragic  nesting spot has been  the  Port Adelaide Road - North Terrace intersection.