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, ...

One of my favorite birds has been an acquaintance for a near lifetime. Growing up a country kid, I encountered it in cow pastures, plowed fields, grassy areas surrounding ponds and lakes, golf courses ...

In Ohio, the shorebirds are one of the largest bird groups, with 47 species thus far documented. Most plovers and sandpipers – the bulk of our shorebirds – are strictly pass-through visitors. Species ...

The robin-sized Killdeer is brownish above and white below, with two dark neck bands that secure the identification of this species. Photo by Rhododentrites ...

A pair of nesting killdeer is calling a Bathurst school playground home, and students and staff are making every effort to ensure the misguided birds are comfortable in their new digs. The killdeer ...

When a shrieking killdeer, wing askew and tail spread, went limping off into the parking lot at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, the bird certainly caught Diana and Bob Struckmeyers’ attention.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. A bird went limping across the cow pasture. I ran after it. When I got ...

A killdeer nursery is so haphazard, it’s a wonder a baby killdeer ever makes it into this world. Female killdeers lay their eggs right out in the open in a scrape on the ground where the white eggs ...

Its Latin name, Charadrius vociferous, says it all: noisy plover. The killdeer, long-legged like its shorebird cousins, is America's most familiar and widespread plover, calling out "ka-dee, ka-dee, ...