Killdeer

Greetings from Sue Muller "citizen"! Are you the kind of person who likes to walk off the beaten path? For those of you that like to walk through grassy fields/meadows at this time of year, when vegetation is low, please be on the lookout for nests! Yes indeed, a perfect example is the Killdeer. This bird is easy to identifly with the two black bands that stretch across the front of the bird and the red circle around the eye. However, if you happen to be walking through a grassy meadow and see this bird acting funny, it is trying to lead you away from a nest that is on the ground. Sometimes this bird will walk along dragging a wing or as I saw recently in the first photo, it was just sitting in one place in the meadow flapping around like it was injured. I backed off immediately, as I didn't want to step on the eggs. Watch where you step!
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