Eats insects in grassy areas, fields and banks. The killdeer nests are just a
scrape on gravelly ground, where camouflaged eggs and chicks are nearly invisible.
The killdeer gets its name from its call: a loud piercing kill-dee,
dee-dee-dee.
IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS
Sighted at the Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve (a lush, well-watered
preserve 3 miles [4.8 kilometers] north of Cerro Bonanza, near La Ciénega.)
Killdeer - TRANSIENT (fall & spring)
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