With our lapwings they will bomb dive very close driving you off.
Tenacious birds sadly the fate in your case was flooding and cattle, down here we have the monkeys raid the nests, snakes, monitor lizards so birds do have a rough time raising their young.
Nice you found the eggs and kept a watchful eye on what was going on.
!BEER
Thank you so much as always!
Nature proves there are always unusual circumstances we all need to work around.
!PIZZA
Yes, expect the unexpected!