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 ...

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 ...

You never forget your first killdeer. Perhaps you heard its shrill and incessant “kill-deer” call for which the bird is named. Or you saw it fake an injury as it limped across a gravel parking lot.

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. Robins hop ...

Last weekend, I mowed the grass for the first time this year. Living in the Billings, Montana, area, I mow nearly five acres, and the grass is dependent on the moisture from the winter snowfall and ...

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, ...

Killdeer are one of only three common breeding shorebirds in Ohio. These birds often nest on the ground in gravelly areas, including parking lots and rooftops. To protect their nests, killdeer will ...