red-wattled lapwing (vanellus indicus) keeping watch against intruders : (pix sshukla)

alarm asian beds bib bill bird black black-tipped call camouflaged charadriidae chicks country cryptically dry eggs eye fields fleshy flight flocks grass grazing ground groups hiding indicus intrusions land lapwing large legs long loud nesting night open pairs patch patterned ploughed plover predators puddles red red-wattled runs short small spurts tail tanks vanellus vigilant wader water wattle white yellow