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Bush Stone-curlew

Burhinus grallarius

Description:

I nearly stepped on this bird.. sitting on its nest! They are really funny.. When disturbed, they freeze motionless, often in odd-looking postures. For visual predators like raptors (and humans), this works well, but it serves little purpose with introduced feral animals that hunt by scent: notably foxes.

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7 Comments

ScottBuckley
ScottBuckley 12 years ago

Ha! Such gorgeous eyes! Nice spot.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

Fabulously weird birds these. Good spot.

Christiane
Christiane 12 years ago

Thanks Nightstar.. and @ Ava T-B I will post it into the mission..

Nightstar
Nightstar 12 years ago

You have a lot of great photos. Beautiful shots!

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 12 years ago

"Their nest is a scrape or small clearing on bare ground, often near bush or a fallen limb." (from Australia Zoo's web site). They're called scrape nests, and the bird does do something, so I think it counts. There's an interesting book called Avian Architecture by Goodfellow that elaborates on scrape nests too.

Christiane
Christiane 12 years ago

Well Ava T-B they don't really build a nest.. they just lay an egg or two and sit on it!

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 12 years ago

So if this sweet bird is sitting on a scrape nest, it could go in the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...

Christiane
Spotted by
Christiane

4671, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Dec 9, 2011
Submitted on Jan 5, 2012

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