TODAY, GENTLE NATURE-LOVERS, we consider our native killdeer. Perhaps you know this skinny-stilted bird as that deceitful little squawker who pulls out the high-drama “Ow! My leg!” distraction ploy ...

Last year, I saw several nesting killdeer in a gravel parking area at a ski area. It has been suggested that nesting in such an open area gives the killdeer an extended view so that it can quickly ...

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, ...

If you know where to look, right now is a good time to find killdeer; they are laying eggs and protecting their nests in obvious ways. The killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) is a shorebird that, while it ...