Protected plover nests on Tasmanian cricket ground as staff mow…

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA masked lapwing has nested in the middle of Windsor Park, a community cricket ground in Riverside near Launceston in Tasmania, and ground staff are mowing around it, The Guardian reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI came in looking for the disaster, and all I found was a nest with a mowing schedule.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe season opener was on October third, and the nest sits at the northern end. One player was stationed right beside it.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorRight beside it. And the bird was fine with that?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOne player told The Examiner, quote, it wasn't horrible, they didn't actually swoop that bad. That's the review.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorLocals call her Faf Swoop Plessis. I'm sorry. I'm genuinely getting a bit emotional, and nobody warned me about a bird.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDisturbing a nest there can cost up to twenty-one thousand three hundred Australian dollars, so everybody is being very careful.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA whole town tiptoeing around one nest. That's what you call real team spirit.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe eggs hatch in about twenty-eight to thirty days. She's the only one on that ground who's never been dropped.