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Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus

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Description:

To 12 inches. Note two breast bands. The Killdeer is the common noisy breeding plover of the plowed fields and pasture-lands. Voice is a lous insistent Kill-dee repeated.

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Comments (2)
doreen.chambers.14
No they do not stick around in winter. That is why is was so delightful to see them and hear them in the fields .

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Backyard birds of Northeastern USA
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PublishedApril 7, 2014

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