Red-wattled Lapwing

Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
LocationPlot 53 grounds
Date08 May 2019
English SynonymsRed-wattled Plover
SightingsCommon, can be seen flying overheads often in an agitated manner and screaming its characteristic did you do it, did you do it notes. On ground or overhead, have never seen one perched on a tree!
RemarksPlot 52 and 53 served as the breeding ground for the lapwing pair recently, and I had the fortune of several clicks of the chicks and their proud parents making a ruckus to safeguard the chicks. Our good friends Nirisha and her husband Ragesh, who have a good view of the proceedings from their balcony have seen grown up chicks put up a brave fight and thwart away a big Cobra with its hood raised! I was summoned but too late to record this even as I rushed with the camera.