Killdeer

This bird was bobbing up and down in what I believe was a mating dance; it later flew off with another killdeer.

During nesting season killdeer use open dry uplands, open areas where vegetation is short or absent, agricultural field, and meadows. In addition, killdeer use open wetland habitat and savannahs, selecting dry bare ground and dry ground with vegetation within wetland areas. Nesting habitat is been characterized as having enough nest materials to form a scrape but otherwise having little or no vegetation