Spur Winged Plover

I took Elsa for a long run at the dogpark today....we both needed some fresh air. Afterwards we took the long way home. I watched this fellow having a large meal of worms....
The spur-winged plover is a large stocky wader with pronounced yellow bill and wattles, and yellow eye ring. The long legs are reddish brown. A long yellow spur protruding from the carpal area of each wing gives the species its name. The flight pattern of the spur-winged plover - shallow beats of broad rounded wings - is unlike any other New Zealand wader.