Golden Plover Eggs

The Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) has camouflage on its side, when hiding its nest. This nest, located somewhere in the Naknek vicinity, took researchers a great deal of time and effort to locate. The eggs are proportionately large. The mass of an egg is about 1/4 the mass of the mother. Both parents incubate the eggs, the male during the day and the female at night.

©Photo by Bob Blush with an Sony Digital Handycam DCR-TRV18

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