camouflage

Gallery: AvianPosted August 23, 2010176 views7 comments

I almost missed these plover eggs nestled in the rocks of my barn road. I love that she chose small stones around the eggs and larger stones around those....like she was framing the eggs.

I hope you don't mind my framing this photo. I wanted to bring out the colors of the stones.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 23, 2010 at 5:08 PM

Lucy, this is quite a find. Quite a nest! I wonder why stones rather than a traditional "scratch" nest? This was not put together so much as designed. Great post!

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on August 23, 2010 at 9:27 PM

Excellent find, Lucy. Well done!

Can I ask which plover species?

Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments

Comment posted by Bruce Palla on August 23, 2010 at 9:54 PM

Great find, your frame around the framed nest is a good touch.

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Comment posted by David Williams on August 23, 2010 at 11:09 PM

Wasn't sure what I was going to see here from the small shot, but this is pretty neat! Very interesting with the stones......thanks for sharing this one.

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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on August 24, 2010 at 3:45 PM

The Plover eggs I found were from the kildeer....very common wandering around the pastures.
I've seen nests in dirt, but, this is the first one I've seen make a nest in rocks. Although, several sites on the internet show kildeer nesting in pebbles....none are
"arranged" so artfully by size of pebble, like this one.

Registered on May 23, 2009, 800 Posts, 2042 Comments

Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on August 25, 2010 at 1:59 PM

Hi Lucy, it's a miracle that you found these eggs and didn't step on them by accident, they're so well camouflaged, isn't nature wonderful.
Keep up the good work

Thanks for your welcome email, very nice of you