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The summer is nesting time for these birds. They lay eggs in the ground usually around brown grassy areas on lake edges / banks. The eggs are hard to spot and often could get run over or trampled. And the birds get cautious and aggressive when other birds get close. Often they chase them away, repel them with aggressive attack flying patterns And when humans get close, they raise their wings half way and walk in a threatening manner. Aggressive posture, but delightfully beautiful. Here the bird was quite cautious and waiting for my next move. I didn't go any further, but as a defense mechanism the bird flew away making the exact spot of the very hard to identify.