kentish plover by Pratim Das

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Lovely cute little bird Pratim. You should get your bird paintings published, would make an interesting book with all the information you give.

Thanks Carole Swingler...ya I am working on it...but a huge obstacle is there...my financial position...I really belong to a very poor family...for the book I need 2000+ Usa $....which is more than my one year income...can you help me anyway ( I am already posted a request on Facebook ...)...like sponsorship or donation?

PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN (Observe the Bird and recognize)..KENTISH PLOVER...[From a Photograph of ARVIND VENKATARAMAN....WATERCOLOUR...A4...2013...The Kentish Plover is 15–17 cm long. It is smaller, paler, longer-legged and thinner-billed than Ringed Plover or Semipalmated Plover. Its breast band is never complete, and usually just appears as dark lateral patches on the sides of the breast. The Kentish Plover's upperparts are greyish brown and the underparts white in all plumages. The breast markings are black in summer adults, otherwise brown. Breeding males of some races have a black forehead bar and a black mask through the eye. The legs are black. In flight, the flight feathers are blackish with a strong white wing bar. The flight call is a sharp bip. This species breeds on sandy coasts and brackish inland lakes, and is uncommon on fresh water. It nests in a ground scrape and lays three to five eggs. The breeding birds in warmer countries are largely sedentary, but northern and inland populations are migratory, wintering south to the tropics. Food is insects and other invertebrates, which are obtained by a run-and-pause technique, rather than the steady probing of some other wader groups. In many parts of the world, it had become difficult for this species to breed on beaches because of disturbance from the activities of humans or their animals. [INFORMATION : WIKIPEDIA]