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Old 10-04-2006, 03:06 PM
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Forgot the Plovers!

Just remembered the plovers. Taken in the planetarium's carpark. Notice the one with the plover crouching down...count the legs. When an adult plover feels its chick is threatened it will hide the chick beneath the wing. What appears to be the chick's beak poking out is actually the spur on the leading edge of the adult's wing.

Peter.
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