Golf courses are great breeding grounds for lapwings. My buddy Rudy and I were thrilled to watch a lapwing pair raise 4 very young chicks (we think from as young as 2 days old). Every time we played we saw them patrolling the 14th fairway. And every time, the chicks were larger, until they were substantially sized adolescents. Not one had been lost. After 6 or 8 weeks we saw them no more, and assumed they had all moved to new pastures. We would like to think they survived.
And then yesterday, a new parent in the same spot (photo taken using my cell phone). We cannot tell if it is the same pairing or not. But as for Rudy and I, we will be watching out for a new crop of youngsters patrolling the 14th fairway!
