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Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus

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This bird has been reportedly found in the following regions:

Vincent, Alabama

El Nido, California

Huntington Beach, California

Pittsburg, California

San Diego, California

Denver, Colorado

Cocoa Beach, Florida

Mims, Florida

Trenton, Florida

Anna, Illinois

Cherry Valley, Illinois

Yale, Iowa

Benton, Kentucky

Hebron, Kentucky

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Iowa, Louisiana

Caribou, Maine

Dixfield, Maine

Linthicum Heights, Maryland

Worcester, Massachusetts

Madison Heights, Michigan

Paw Paw, Michigan

Royal Oak, Michigan

Traverse City, Michigan

Albertville, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Golden, Mississippi

Conway, Missouri

Las Cruces, New Mexico

Elizabeth City, North Carolina

Dayton, Ohio

Geneva, Ohio

Oak Harbor, Ohio

Norman, Oklahoma

Bend, Oregon

Friedens, Pennsylvania

Belton, South Carolina

Taylors, South Carolina

Elizabethton, Tennessee

Memphis, Tennessee

Austin, Texas

Fort Worth, Texas(2 reports)

Granger, Texas

Katy, Texas

Walkerton, Virginia

Shelton, Washington

Skokomish, Washington

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qterhrs

Friedens, PA (Zone 5a) | March 2019 | Positive

Love these little birds. They are fun to watch and great "watch dogs" . They always let you know when somethings around that shouldn't be.

audsrz

Traverse City, MI (Zone 5a) | January 2011 | Neutral

Well camoflouged to it's chosen nesting habitat, I rarely know I am aproaching a nest until I get the usual killdeer dance. The adult bird watching the nest will lure predators away pretending to be wounded then fly off once you are beyond the nesting area.

gardeningfun

Harpersfield, OH (Zone 5a) | April 2010 | Positive

We have tons of these birds living all over our housing division. We are in a rural area near Lake Erie. We have a retention pond in the back acre and they love it there. They build nests right in the grass, but love the more grassless areas. I have been told that they love dirt mounds and any site where they have torn up ground for building and they blend into the area better then. I have a nest in my garden now (It likes the mulch), with 2 eggs left (there were 4). They are only 25 feet from my front door there and don't seem to mind the traffic. They have never had a nest this close to our house before. At first the mom would screech and run around with her 'pretend' broken wing to distract us and get us away from the nest, but over a couple days, she calmed down and just would s... read more