Killdeer are notoriously weird when it comes to birds from the plover family. Although they will periodically nest near water, most prefer drier areas. Their favorite nesting spot seems to be smack ...

Killdeer nest on the ground. They scrape a shallow depression in soil or gravel and may add a few pebbles or bits of ...

Ann Mitchell was walking from her Flossmoor home to the train station May 28, on her way to a Coldplay concert at Soldier Field when she came across something unexpected. An unusual bird had made its ...

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) – Utility crews worked to protect a shorebird that decided to make its nest in a dangerous location. Berkeley Electric Cooperative said Tuesday that its crews discovered a ...

Fifty years ago, almost every child growing up in rural North America knew the call of a killdeer. A loud "K'deer, K'deer, K'deer" would announce his presence in open fields, pastures, wetlands, ...

The SPCA Monterey County Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center is currently caring for two young killdeer after students found the eggs and mistakenly took them from their nest. Killdeers are ...

Last year, I saw several nesting killdeer in a gravel parking area at a ski area. It has been suggested that nesting in such an open area gives the killdeer an extended view so that it can quickly ...

The killdeer is a familiar bird that still maintains an aura of mystery. It is much admired for its "broken wing" antics, which it uses to draw predators away from its nest and young. Its call is ...

Near Little Swamp Sanctuary in west Midland County, Barb Rogers and her husband Joe hear and see at least one killdeer each year, defending its territory in the small grassy area in front of the ...