Plover Attack
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2020
- Plover Attack - that is the title of this little piece of videography. The event occurred not 100 metres from my home on my way to film my weekly "A Walk in the Garden" video. This is a lot of fun. If you want to see the original video that it is taken from where I am talking about the impact of belonging on our worth and identity it is here:
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I have two plovers nesting in a small paddock opposite my house. They let me check their 2 eggs every morning, but only if I'm wearing the same black and white dress (which is a bit of a pain in the ass) they've nested in this very same spot for 15 years & they absolutely fascinate me with their diligence in protecting their young 🕊️👍
When a plover catches you going near their nests during their swooping season it spells bad news
They are a ground feeding, and ground nesting bird
During nesting season, they are ultra-ultra-protective, of both the nest, and the chicks once they've hatched
The mama bird can often be seen squatting on the ground, with her chicks tucked up under her wings once the chicks have hatched, to give them warmth and shelter.
The chicks are cute, inquisitive little buggers, and masters of camouflaging themselves if danger threatens.
If you are anywhere the chicks, the parent's will do whatever they can to get you away from them
every trick from the fake broken wing, to swooping you straight in the face.
I even recently had 2 trying to take on my Ute, as I slowly drove past the family
Seriously, they are so protective, they will take on a CAR!
As the bone spur on their wings is reputed to be poisonous,
(I think in the same way a lizard bite is poisonous, ie: it's not venom as such,
just loaded with bad bacteria that will cause a nasty infection, and I could be wrong on that)
It's definitely a good idea to give these birds plenty of space during breeding season.
I don't understand, what happen when the babies born ? They stay in the middle of an empty area ? It looks dangerous, do all predators fear these birds ? That's scary...
I went to check the mail today and was attacked by 2 Plovers. Afterwards I saw my neighbour swooped and they even went for my car when I drove out the driveway. We live in a townhouse where there are 5 units close to their obvious nesting spot. This is going to interesting. Especially when the lawn mower man comes to mow the lawn which is right where the nest is. I absolutely adore baby Plovers though so I actually think it's worth it just to see those cute little road runner babies running around. Wish me luck!!😳😁
They don't use the spikes to harm is more to scary
at our local golf course they seem to attack players playing by them selves, if you are in a group, they screech and try to swoop but don't attack. Best way to deter them is to put up an umbrella
Theres a female plover nesting in front of the house opposite to mine. Whenever someone goes near it, it opens its wings ready to attack.
These are my favorite birds. For some reason they don't attack anyone around here. At least I've never seen it. They're hilarious birds to watch though.
It's definitely seasonal, so I wonder if they are having there young in a different location.
@@rolandhearn6885 Possibly but I see these birds in many different locations. I travel all over the city on my electric unicycle and often see them. But they always act timid while on the ground. When they take off and fly they do make that crazy sound though but never seen one swoop anybody.
@@arcrides6841 That is really interesting. I would love to work out the reason. It can only have to do with their breeding patterns. That is the way they defend their nests, so the difference can only have to do with that.
@@rolandhearn6885 yeah I think you're right. I'm sure that if I (or anyone else) came at their nest they'd start attacking. Maybe these birds are more intelligent and they find better places for their eggs. Rather than laying them at the public park then harassing everybody lol. Those birds really do crack me up. Even the ones over here though.
I totally agree with you 😊
Plovers have poisonous Talons… almost got swooped by one ..
I think plovers are a lot worse than magpies.
Yeh, I think they can be. I have had more problems with plovers than magpies myself, which is where I kind of learned how to best respond to them. The fact they attack in twos is what makes them so difficult to manage.
@@rolandhearn6885 That does make sense.
Disagree! I've only seen and experienced plovers trying to scare by flying close on the other hand I've seen magpies dive head first into people's heads resulting in stitches, twice I've seen that and one was a friend's pet as a kid
@@kontrast4361PLOVERS HAVE BIG YELLOW SPIKES OF THEIR WINGS AND WHEN THEY SWOOP THEY SCRATCH YOU AND STICK THEM INTO YOU BE AFRAID!!!!
I walked through a field for 2 years. From school. Got attacked every time. 😅
I wouldn't tolerate attacks at my home though.
They won’t actually hit you with the spur
We've got a couple of them down the road from us now. And Today I stood there and there and there and said "Yeah?" and took a challenging step forward. We won't go that way again. Is there any worse bird than a pluvver?
Plovers gunna plove
My school playground be like:
I got swooped by one of these on my scooter when I was about 6 and it hit me in the ear
Are you from canberra? This looks so much like it 😂 showed my kiwi partner this video to let him know there’s worse than a magpie
Me and my friends were throwing ice at them and three of them fucking came after us and we shat ourselves
I almost got hit by one it was so bloody terrifying I had to duck and shit my pants 😅
Just find the nest and remove the eggs. The birds will move on
Worst advice ever
This happened to me i saw two swooping a nest i was close to a few years ago
It is not something that you quickly forget, particularly the sounds.
I heard those birds for 4 hours at 4am 😮
Time to go Pete Sampras on that!
Personally I haven't been attacked by em or Magpies in all my life even when they're protecting.
It's just like horses n dogs if they don't sense my fear it doesn't happen, maybe try it, but you've got to believe it
Walk closer to the trees 😂
I heard that today nama had a baby chick
I’m outside so as soon as I heard the one in the video I heard one nearby
LOL - I'll bet you paid attention, right?
@@rolandhearn6885 yeah birds don’t really swoop me for some reason not really sure why they don’t like my friends
@@electronicfreak1111 we have one at our school I named it it goes for everyone but me and my friends
@@skitzpro2097 awesome and I have to say this as someone who does parkour ‘PARKOUR!’
@@electronicfreak1111 lol
I em scey of the plubes
it the Mum eggs🕊🦅👀🔊💻
stuka dive bomber
Bro the bird is cringy
I hate them