I might be making it up, but I think this bird is the male Masked Lapwing, and the one below, the female.
They are around a lot. I can't imagine that they have much time for having babies because they are so often on the lawn or the mudflats in front of our house. Still, it is the season for the birds and the bees, so I'm assuming that they have a nest someplace with little lapwings in it.



Here's a question for you, where do birds go to die? It's so rare to see a dead bird, unless the cat got it or a car tire.
Avian hospices?