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Kentish Plover chick

Charadrius alexandrinus

Habitat:

Sand dunes and seashore

Notes:

These chicks can run very fast, but then they suddenly freeze in a hollow in the sand. It is possible to pick them up and they still pretend not to be there or play totally dead! The parents will often feign injury a little way away to try to draw your attention away from the chicks. I will post more photos of this behaviour later.

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32 Comments (1–25)

Ali Hemati Pour
Ali Hemati Pour 10 years ago

So Cute!;-)

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

Very cute. Congratulations!

Liam
Liam 11 years ago

Nice one, Malcolm! Congrats on SOTD!

BrandonBlount
BrandonBlount 11 years ago

Malcolm, Congratulations on the SOTD! :-) Great Spotting and awesome information!

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Congratulations :)

Thank you everyone. This was last years chick, I have just posted pictures of this years chicks here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/113... but can you see them?

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

What a Great spotting congratulations Malcolm :):)
Felicidades tio

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Congratulations and great information!

Matthijs
Matthijs 11 years ago

congratz!! nice!

MaryEvans2
MaryEvans2 11 years ago

Adorable spotting~ and congrats on SOtD

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Awesome spotting! Congratulations Malcolm!

Piali Bopanna
Piali Bopanna 11 years ago

Cute bird :)

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

congrats Malcolm !

chebeague2
chebeague2 11 years ago

so cute! i love it!

arlanda
arlanda 11 years ago

Congratulations Malcolm, you deserved it long ago!

Thanks everyone, I only found out when I checked my e-mail after lunch today.

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Congratulations Malcolm !

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 11 years ago

Congrats on the SOTD Malcolm!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Absolutely adorable Malcolm! Congratulations!

OnengDyah
OnengDyah 11 years ago

Cute...

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

awesome!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

Great spotting, Malcolm. Congratulations for SOTD, well deserved.

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 11 years ago

Malcolm :) congratulations great spotting,great spotting page,great friend :)

catgrin
catgrin 11 years ago

Absolutely charming!

CourtneyVerk
CourtneyVerk 11 years ago

Congratulations! So well deserved.

Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

Spotted on Jun 11, 2011
Submitted on Aug 4, 2011

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