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	Stone curlew (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone falcon, or stone-falcon.
		Stone's cast, or Stone's throw, the distance to which a stone may be thrown by the hand; as, they live a stone's throw from each other.
		[1913 Webster] Hudsonian or, Eskimo, whimbreal, the Hudsonian curlew.
	dictionaries.cc /Stone_curlew (2009 words)

	AIMS eBooks - Cry of the Curlew
		Curlews can fight fiercely for various reasons, pinning the opponent to the ground, attacking it on the neck, the back, between the wings, or grabbing it by the tail and swirling it around.
		Curlews mainly inhabit lowland open forest, woodland and sandy creek beds but they are also on golf courses, in parks and many other locations.
		Curlew chicks can walk almost as soon as they hatch; and when the parents eat the tell-tale eggshells as a calcium supplement, the chicks are led away from the nest to a more protected area.
	www.aims.gov.au /pages/fauna/curlews/cotc.html (1411 words)

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		The Stone curlew is a migratory bird of dry, stony, open ground such as heathland and acid grassland.
		Stone curlew is a Red list species, having declined by over 50% in the last 25 years, as well as being a rare breeder and a species with an unfavourable conservation status in Europe (SPEC 3).
		The conversion to arable farmland or forestry of suitable short-grazed, sparsely vegetated grasslands, particularly chalk and heath grasslands, is thought to be the main reason for the decline in breeding Stone curlews in England.
	www.suffolkcc.gov.uk /e-and-t/countryside/biodiversity/action_plan/species/stncurlew.html (814 words)

	Stone-curlew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term stone-curlew owes its origin to the broad similarities with true curlews (which are not closely related).
		They are largely nocturnal, particularly when singing their loud wailing songs, which are reminiscent of true curlews.
		Most species are sedentary, but the Stone Curlew is a summer migrant in the temperate European part of its range, wintering in Africa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Burhinidae (215 words)

	Magnetic Island News - Magnetic Island, North Queensland, Australia
		Curlews mainly inhabit lowland open forest, woodland and sandy creek beds but they are also seen on golf courses, in parks and many other locations.
		But, a couple of months later in walked a curlew couple, we, of course did not know wether these were the original couple or one of the chicks back with a partner.
		Is this unusual for the Curlews to nest in a small back yard in a residental area and is there anything we should or should not do now they are nesting.
	magnetictimes.com /index.php?d=&ID=1403 (1805 words)

	BBC Norfolk - Wildlife - Stone curlews
		Stone curlews on Breckland heath, now an official haven from the migrating birds.
		Stone curlews must be one of the oddest birds around.
		It is this requirement for open ground on which to breed that has caused the stone curlew problems.
	www.bbc.co.uk /norfolk/your/extra/stone_curlew.shtml (436 words)

	Stone Curlew, Birds, Stone Curlew, Bird Pictures, Catalog, Encyclopedia
		The common stone curlew, Burhinus oedicnemus, is the only species that breeds in Europe.
		Stone curlews are long-legged ground birds ranging from about 36 to 51 cm (14 to 20 in) in length.
		Stone curlews nest in a depression scraped in the ground; both sexes care for the downy chicks.
	www.4to40.com /earth/geography/htm/birdsindex.asp?counter=91 (163 words)

	* Stone Curlew - (Bird): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The stone curlew is listed on Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which affords special protection at all times.
		It is a young bush stone curlew and it is almost totally fl.
		the Semipalmated Snipe is known to every fisherman gunner by the name of "Willet;" and from the Carolinas southward by that of "Stone Curlew." In the latter districts, during autumn and winter, it resorts to the stony shores of estuaries,...
	www.bestknows.com /bird/stone_curlew.html (105 words)

	curlew on Encyclopedia.com
		The bristle-thighed curlew summers and nests in Alaska and winters on South Pacific islands, where it feeds on the eggs of other birds.
		Curlews are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Charadriiformes, family Scolopacidae.
		Curlew and lapwing in sharp decline; Alarming trends shown in bird report.(News)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/c1/curlew.asp (425 words)

	Return of the stone curlew - Farmland birds - Caring for the Chilterns \| The Chilterns AONB
		Stone curlews are very distinctive birds, roughly the shape and size of a large plover.
		In the late 1930’s there were thought to be 1,000 – 2,000 pairs of stone curlew in the UK.
		We are doing this by setting up ‘farmland bird plots’, areas of bare ground within a crop, which have successfully attracted stone curlew in other areas.
	www.chilternsaonb.org /caring/farmland_birds_return.html (435 words)

	Australian Animals Mammals Reptiles Birds Amphibians
		The bush stone curlew has grey feathers with fl and white streaks, tinted with varying shades of buff or brown.
		If a nesting adult bush stone curlew is threatened it will pick its eggs or chicks up under its wings and run off with them to protect them from predators.
		Reproduction: The bush stone curlew lays two eggs usually in a scrape in the ground but sometimes it may be on flat ground with no depression.
	www.reptilepark.com.au /animals.asp?catID=1&ID=17 (226 words)

	02/14/01 -- UK Picks Valentine's Day to Protect Rare Love Nests (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Stone curlew need open, stony ground for their nests.
		The stone curlew is the only species in Europe of the "Thick-knee" family of birds.
		Until the early 20th century, the Brecklands were mostly heathland and grassland, the normal breeding habitat for stone curlew.
	forests.org /archive/europe/ukpicksv.htm (539 words)

	Action plan for Burhinus oedicnemus
		The stone curlew is a rare and declining species, numbers of which have fallen by 85% in the past 50 years, and more than 50% since 1960.
		The stone curlew is listed on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive and Appendix II of the Bern Convention.
		Monitor the UK stone curlew breeding population regularly to assess whether the action plan is attaining its objectives.
	www.ukbap.org.uk /UKPlans.aspx?ID=175 (660 words)

	Back from the brink from Guardian Unlimited: Newsblog
		Breeding numbers of the stone curlew in England – the bird is not found anywhere else in the UK - have risen to more than 300 pairs, hitting a national conservation target five years earlier than planned.
		Both types of curlew appear on the RSPB's endangered species list, and it seems that being any type of curlew is bad news a bird.
		The Australian bush stone curlew is also on an endangered species list, largely due to its habitat being destroyed by possibly the most dangerous animal on the planet - humans.
	blogs.guardian.co.uk /news/archives/2005/09/22/back_from_the_brink.html (594 words)

	MAFF, UK: News releases 1999:Rare Birds Thrown Lifeline By Ministry
		The stone curlew and cirl bunting have both been in long-term decline because of changing agricultural practices and intensification.
		Whilst most do not yield results as spectacular as in the case of the stone curlew and cirri bunting, all are designed to achieve specific conservation benefits.
		The stone curlew is a distinctive sandy-brown, crow-sized bird with yellowish legs and yellow on bill and eye It has a wild, curlew-like call most often heard during the evening and night.
	www.defra.gov.uk /news/newsrel/1999/990713a.htm (736 words)

	BBC Online - Norfolk - News - Stone Curlew
		Breckland is home to 40% of Britain's stone curlew population.
		Farmers are facing new restrictions on their land in latest moves to protect the rare stone curlew.
		The area is one of the few where in this country where stone curlews breed.
	www.bbc.co.uk /norfolk/news/082001/06/curlew.shtml (195 words)

	ArabHunter.com
		This chase lasts for a while until the prey slows down and at that moment, the falcon swoops down and pulls it to the ground.
		The main prey for falcons are: Houbara or MacQueen's bustard, Stone Curlew (Karawan), and Hare (Arnab).
		The Houbara is a powerful bird that can weigh up to four kilograms (nine pounds) and stand as much as 75 centimeters tall (30 inches) and it is known for its great speed both in flight and on land, a feature which makes the nature of the chase more exciting for the falconers.
	www.arabhunter.com /hunting/falconry_uae.htm (951 words)

	Stone Curlew (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It was known to fledge and seen in autumn at a day-roost.
		We have an agreement with the BTO not to release exact breeding locations of ringed stone curlews when they are recovered or resighted.
		To see details of prior records of Stone Curlews in Bucks click here.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /bucksbirds/mysite/Pictures/StoneCurlew.htm (171 words)

	AllRefer.com - stone curlew (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
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	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/X/X-stonecur.html (110 words)

	Townsville SOE - State of the Environment Report
		The Bush Stone Curlew, Burhinus grallarius is a bird that is commonly seen within the Nelly bay Habitat Reserve.
		Its dull brown and white patterns makes it well camouflaged in the open woodland where it rests during the day and is active at night looking for insects to feed on.
		The Bush Stone Curlew tactic is to freeze to a stand still to escape attention.
	www.soe-townsville.org /nelly_bay/birds.html (327 words)

	Stone curlew - Burhinus oedicnemus - ARKive
		The specific name Oedicnemus derives from the Greek for 'swollen shinned', these birds are also known as 'thick knees' due to their large heavy looking legs; other local names include 'Norfolk plover' and 'Goggle eyes'.
		Stone curlews have streaky sandy- brown plumage that provides excellent camouflage against sandy soils during the day when they are mainly inactive.
		The species is not related to the curlew; the common name comes from the stone curlew's repeated 'kur-lee' call.
	www.arkive.org /species/ARK/birds/Burhinus_oedicnemus (170 words)

	Australia's Endangered Bird Species, Bush Stone Curlew, Turquoise Parrot, Scarlet Chested Parrot
		The Bush Stone Curlew's habit of laying its eggs in a scrape on the ground means the chances of successfully raising a chick is not good.
		Weeds invade areas of habitat making it unsuitable for the Bush Stone Curlew which needs sparse low grasses.
		Existing habitat has become fragmented and divided into smaller and smaller areas, many of which are now too small and too isolated to provide adequate resources for a breeding pair of Bush Stone Curlews.
	www.tourisminternet.com.au /chcurlew.htm (686 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 29 Apr 2004 (pt 6)
		To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the size of the stone curlew population within the Breckland Farmland Site of Special Scientific Interest (a) at present, (b) five years ago, (c) 10 years ago and (d) 15 years ago.
		The success of the stone curlew recovery project is due largely to the combined efforts of the project officers and farmers, working together to achieve nest protection, improved habitat management and habitat creation (provision of nest-plots on set-aside land).
		The pSPA boundary was delineated on the basis of records covering stone curlew nests, male woodlarks in forest blocks and in non-forest locations and breeding nightjars.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200304/cmhansrd/vo040429/text/40429w06.htm (1357 words)

	29-08-02 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Thanks to their scarcity, brilliant camouflage and largely nocturnal habits, this opportunity to get close-up views of the stone curlew represents a major educational opportunity for viewers.
		There are only 270 breeding pairs of stone curlew in the UK and up to 20 per cent of the population is known to breed at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory range at Porton Down and at Salisbury Plain, with adjacent farmland supporting a further 12 per cent.
		The webcam is the latest exciting development in a £2m four-year project to restore, promote and protect the unique character and wildlife of the Porton range and Salisbury Plain through the Salisbury Plain LIFE Project Partnership.
	www.dstl.gov.uk /pr/press/pr2002/29-08-02.htm (729 words)

	ABC Online Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Beach Stone Curlew is much stranger looking, and shouldn't be mixed up with the Bush Stone Curlew.
		I've seen these bush stone curlews in the middle of Brisbane, a couple of times in the botanic gardens in the city centre, another time on the bike path by the river as i was cycling to work at about 5.30am
		The picture at the top is a curlew (which is found in the UK), but the sound file is supposed to be a stone-curlew (which isn't).
	www2b.abc.net.au /science/scribblygum/newposts/98/topic98362.shtm (2230 words)

	RE: Beach Stone curlew at Metromix Swamp? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On his regular wader/waterbird count for the Metromix swamp which he does every Wed and Sat, at 8.30-9.00am Sat Nov 29, he noticed the beach stone curlew on the RHS (facing from Capt Cook Dve) mudflat which is about two-thirds of the way to the sluice-gates at the back.
		He tells me he walked around for a closer look, and incidentally he saw both Lewins and buff-banded rails actually out in the open on the bend of the track at the RHS casuarina stand.
		Ken got good long views of the beach stone curlew at quite close quarters for 15-20mins.
	menura.cse.unsw.edu.au:64800 /2003/12/msg00164.html (418 words)

	Stone Curlew, Burhinus oedicnemus
		Eurasian Thick-knee, Northern Thick-knee, Common Thick-knee, Stone Thick-knee, European Stone Curlew, Northern Stone Curlew
		The Stone Curlew or Eurasian Thick-Knee is usually seen alone or in small groups and is normally found in open country or short grassland.
		If the bird is looking a bit miserable it may have something to do with the fact that this picture was taken right at the end of one of the worst spells of "El Niño" weather ever to hit Kenya.
	www.kenyabirds.org.uk /stone_curlew.htm (128 words)

	SA Country Hour - 31/12/2003: Protecting the Black Stone Curlew
		Over the last few days we've been travelling along the Northern side of the Murray River visiting landholders to see how they're protecting the rare and unusual bird the Bush Stone Curlew.
		And in a moment we'll wander down with Jan and Nev Lubke to see where they've fenced off a sizeable area near their wheat field to protect two wild birds.
		The only way they could be put back into the wild would be by going into a 'soft release' which is like a halfway house where the birds are in a bigger enclosure and have to hunt for themselves with less human contact to get them ready to be released into the wild."
	www.abc.net.au /rural/sa/stories/s1018629.htm (273 words)

	VIC Country Hour - 21/11/2003: Protecting the stone bush curlew
		Through protecting lambs from foxes, landholders in the Corowa region are also protecting the Bush Stone Curlew.
		Large fences are erected around curlew nesting sites, the lambing ewes are kept in there as well, and thus kept well out of reach from foxes.
		The project has been so successful in Corowa, with the Curlews raising young, that its about to begin in Violet Town.
	www.abc.net.au /rural/vic/stories/s994489.htm (126 words)

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