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Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus

Photo by AshleyT
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Field Notes

Description:

Brown back, white belly, and 2 black collars on the neck. She was sitting on 4 eggs :)

Habitat:

At the edge of a pond near a parking lot surrounded by prairie.

Reference Links:

Killdeer, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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PublishedJuly 16, 2014

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