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Re: Killdeer *KILL ME*

Good grief! I'd probably step on the things by accident! They blend in so well! :shock:
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Aw man, that's so neat. Eggs are cool.
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Here are a couple pics of the "broken wing" defense. You may need to click on the pic to get a closer look.

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LOL! I've seen other birds do that too, :D
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How cool! I have never seen a bird do a broken-wing dance.

I don't think killdeer live in my area. Mud swallows do, I used to like them but then I had one dive bomb a horse I was riding... Not. Pretty.
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Well...we were gone this weekend and came back home yesterday to a quiet garden again! All four eggs have hatched and all the birds moved on. They seem to have taken a liking to my neighbors house because I could see from a distance the tiny babies and the two adults running around in their driveway.

I wish I could have gotten a picture but they are just too far away now!
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my parents had a (large) rough stone driveway. and every year the killdeer would make a nest "somewhere right in the middle" - the injured bird dance was a daily thing....

they took to parking on the road or right at the road end of the drive until the hatchlings fledged.

I really should have done a video of the broken wind dance - it was amusing and kinda cute - especially when you know it's all a fake.

oh wait, somebody did that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXhjBKo1ZYA
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Ah, I didn't realize Killdeer are a type of plover. We have Snowy Plovers here, but the beach where they nest on is closed during their nesting season, so I have not gotten to see the broken wing dance if they do it too. lol
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Apparently when swallows nest under the eaves on your house, it's "GOOD LUCK."

Where we lived at one time had them all around the house, was the luckiest place we ever lived. :)

Would never ever knock a nest down. I love them. :)
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I couldn't deal with the swallows dive bombing everyone including myself. I wash the nests down because of that little trait of theirs, lol


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