My best friend shared information he found online about killdeer and their chicks. It turns out that the typical survival ...

If you think you know everything about how animals respond to wild weather, think again. Recent findings have revealed a ...

Alongside a road, a Killdeer looks after its child. The Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) is the largest of the ringed plovers in the United States. Despite its name, the Killdeer harbors no murderous ...

A protected killdeer nest hatched at the Garden Elementary School construction site in Venice, Florida. The school is being rebuilt after Hurricane Ian damage and years of wear and tear. The new ...

Dexter’s Killdeer Nests Dexter students as well as baseball and softball players and their families have had a close up view this spring of the Killdeer, and its unique nesting habits. Over the past ...

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 ...

All About Killdeer Birds If you’ve never seen a Killdeer bird, you’re in luck. These birds can be found in lots of far-reaching places all over North America.

More specifically, the killdeer is a member of a group of birds known as plovers, which tend to be found near the ocean coasts.

Speaking of Nature: Cute as a killdeer: The killdeer have just arrived and are busy setting up territories With a bright white breast, black rings on the neck and forehead, and large lustrous eyes, ...

Killdeer, in what I consider a somewhat risky nesting strategy for a bird found so often in populated areas, are one of the many shorebirds that build their nests on the ground.

Killdeer are a smaller bird, around the size of a robin, though they are a bit lankier, particularly in the leg department. They are primarily brown and white, with two black bands on their chests, in ...

An adaptable shorebird with a solitary lifestyle that puts it in range of our everyday life. Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of the Wild every Friday to ...