Wading Killdeer
by Donna Kennedy
Title
Wading Killdeer
Artist
Donna Kennedy
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Original Fine Art Photography by Donna Kennedy..
Texture added for an artistic enhancement 821
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferous) The killdeer is a medium-sized plover, a shorebird you can see without going to the beach, Killdeer are graceful plovers common to lawns, golf courses, athletic fields, and parking lots. These tawny birds run across the ground in spurts, stopping with a jolt every so often to check their progress, or to see if they've startled up any insect prey. Their voice, a far-carrying, excited kill-deer, is a common sound even after dark, often given in flight as the bird circles overhead on slender wings. The Killdeer's broken-wing act leads predators away from a nest, but doesn't keep cows or horses from stepping on eggs. To guard against large hoofed animals, the Killdeer uses a quite different display, fluffing itself up, displaying its tail over its head, and running at the beast to attempt to make it change its path. This species is one of the least water-associated of all shorebirds. The oldest recorded Killdeer was at least 11 years old when it was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Kansas.
Thank you to the Administrators that Featured this photo in the following Groups:
-Pleasing the Eye
-Animal Photographs
-A Birding Group-Wings
-Fine Arts Professionals
Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds
-Wildlife One A Day
-FAA Portraits-Birds
-This Way Arts
-Photography and Textures Make Fine Art
-Premium FAA Artists
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January 5th, 2017
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