The killdeer is a familiar bird, perhaps as well known as the robin. Like the robin, it is a reliable sign of spring. The killdeer signals spring in places other than the robin, however.

When a predator, such as a fox, approaches a killdeer’s egg-filled nest or its babies, the bird starts acting as if it is in great distress with a broken wing. The fox thinks it has an easy meal ...

Killdeer, part of the shorebird family, announce their presence with a loud "K'deer, k'deer, k'deer" as they roam over open fields, pastures, wetlands, shorelines and freshly tilled soils, where ...

The killdeer, long-legged like its shorebird cousins, is America's most familiar and widespread plover, calling out "ka-dee, ka-dee, ka-dee" as it flies.

In the killdeer’s mind, this is supposed to say to the interloper, “Hey would you look at me over here. I’ve got this horrible broken wing and I can’t fly at all, so I would be really easy ...

The babies are very agile and can run at amazing speeds. Killdeer are quite common in the Midwest and certainly found throughout Minnesota. They are uniquely adapted to living in the wide-open spaces.

Connecticut has a very small complement of breeding shorebirds. The most widespread one, the killdeer, is as likely to nest in a cow pasture or on the roof of a big flat-topped building as at any kind ...