Pacific Golden Plover catches a worm

Posted by BESG on 4 December 09, Friday
Contributed by TS Tan

TS Tan sent in a dramatic image of a Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fluva) catching a polychaete worm, taken at the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in October 2009. With such a long worm, the plover will need some maneuvering to swallow it. At the same time there will be a possibility of the worm being snatched by another bird.

These plovers are common winter visitors and passage migrants and can be seen in large numbers through October-November and January-March. However, they can be seen in small numbers any months of the year. The birds congregate in mudflats, marches, along rivers and even on golf courses and open fields. They feed alone or in large flocks on insects, spiders, molluscs, worms, crustaceans and sometimes seeds and berries.

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