Larry's Gallery:   Hooded Plover (3/5)

CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Thinornis rubricollis  

It is not surprising that Hooded Plovers are having trouble maintaining their numbers when their natural behaviour is to lay their eggs in such vulnerable positions.

These particular ones were just above high water mark in the middle of a beach frequently traversed by humans and easily accessible to any number of predators.