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Habitat - Parkland
How many? - 4 - 2 adults and 2 juveniles
Additional comments? - too cute juvenile masked lapwings under watchful eye of mum and dad in a public area (outside library along river bank)
Nest present - No
Behavior - Feeding

Trapped in eastern remnant of Sedgy Riparian Woodland (EVC 198) using an Elliot style aluminium folding trap with rolled oats, golden syrup, peanut butter & vanilla essence bait. Trapping success rate was 1 capture per 1 trap-nights. Wt: 105 gm

Trapped in western remnant of Sedgy Riparian Woodland (EVC 198) using an Elliot style aluminium folding trap with rolled oats, golden syrup, peanut butter & vanilla essence bait. Trapping success rate was 1 capture per 3 trap-nights. Wt: 20 gm

Finally! I observed this species for the first time in February 2010 and I was very fortunate that both a male and female were present and perched for me in the morning chill (possibly just separated from mating overnight). Since that time I have tried to find them again with limited success and never again perched so cooperatively. Thus I ended up using the photos from 2010 in my book despite them being from an older camera with poor image quality.