See my replies below (interspersed with clips from Edward Boyd's posting).

June Tveekrem
Columbia, Howard Co, MD
tweekiebird AT toadmail DOT com


Edward Boyd wrote:

 > I looked at the images posted on
 > http://tinyurl.com/5fw3t
 >
 > and compared them to images that are on the mdbirds.org site
 > http://www.mdbirds.org/birds/gallery/lapwing.html
 >
 > Let's call the images taken yesterday and posted today by June
 > Tveekrem Lapwing A. The photos on MDBIRDS by George Jett, Bob
 > Mumford and Mark Hoffman we'll call Lapwing B. The birds on
 > MDBIRDS all appear to be the same individual and were taken
 > two 1/2 weeks ago.
 >
 >    b. Lapwing A has some white spotting in the dark crown above
 > the eyeline, especially over the left eye. This is very apparent
 > in the 4th, 5th, and 6th images from the top on the site. Images
 > of Lapwing B do not seem to show this feature. Compare the head-on
 > images on both sites and the spots absence on Lapwing B are obvious.
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I've got another photo that shows more eye detail.  I'll post it to the 
same URL.  If you're seriously interested in comparing photos, I have 20 
more where those came from.  I won't post them all because of 
"duplication" and because I'd run out of server space!  But if you tell 
me what features you want to see better I could look and see if I have a 
suitable photo and email it to you.  I'm sure George Jett, Bob Mumford, 
and Mark Hoffman have additional photos too that were not posted.
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 >    d. Although some of the images of Lapwing A show a dark bill,
 > there are at least 3 that show that the bill is an orangish-red.
 > None of the images of Lapwing B record this from any angle.
 > Is this something that can only be distinguished in bright sunlight?
 > The bird I saw today through thickening clouds clearly had an
 > orangish-red bill. The sun was not out while I was there, although
 > the lighting must have been better than when Lapwing B was
 > photographed.
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The bill is orange-red.  The reason it looks dark most of the time is 
because the bill and part of the face are often covered with dark mud.  
(And, of course, sunlight helps.)