PLOVERS
Killdeer
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PLOVERS |
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Killdeer |
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| The Killdeer differs from other ringed plovers by having TWO black breast bands instead of one. | |
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The killdeer lays her eggs in fields -- even parking lots like this one --in a shallow scrape in the ground, sometimes lined with a little grass or pebbles. The eggs are large for such a small bird and hatch into well-developed chicks, necessary for such an unprotected nesting site! (Juveniles have one breast band.) |