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Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus

Notes:

Saw this on the side of the road. The pictures are a few weeks apart.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Liam
Liam 11 years ago
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus Killdeer


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4 Comments

TB4211
TB4211 11 years ago

Thanks for your help! And I added it to the mission.

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

Please consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082... Even though this doesn't look like much, it is called a scrape nest, and real engineering goes into it. (see Avian Architecture, by Goodfellow).

williefromwi
williefromwi 11 years ago

As Liam has suggested, this is a killdeer

This bird looks farmillair to me but i dont remember what it's called.

TB4211
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TB4211

North Carolina, USA

Spotted on May 16, 2012
Submitted on Jun 24, 2012

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