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By AJC

Suddenly the sky was full of lapwings

https://ajcann.wordpress.com/2015/01/12/suddenly-the-sky-was-full-of-lapwings/
It was a peaceful morning. The birds were quietly foraging and many were taking a mid morning nap with their heads under their wings. Then the peregrine showed up. Chaos ensued and many birds took to the air. Peace no longer.

Personally, if I was a lapwing faced with an aerial predator like a peregrine, I’d make like a stone with the nesting behavior and hunker down. The lapwings disagreed, and decided the textbook flocking behavior was the thing to do. What do I know about not being predated?

The peregrine did several passes over the site but I didn’t see it catch anything. Maybe it wasn’t that hungry. But nobody got any rest for the remainder of the morning, everyone was on edge and the peace was gone.

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