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, ...

The killdeer is a familiar bird, perhaps as well known as the robin. Like the robin, it is a reliable sign of spring. The killdeer signals spring in places other than the robin, however. Robins hop ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Ohio, the shorebirds are one of the largest bird groups, with 47 species thus far documented. Most plovers and sandpipers – the ...

You and someone else were sitting in a car on a quiet road, looking at mounds of compost, and you want me to believe that it was the birds that were doing all the snuggling. My parents weren't the ...

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It's been a while since we've seen a killdeer. We chalked it up to the number of feral hogs in Arkansas, and their ability to eat a couple pounds of wild bird eggs in one gulp. The pig population in ...

I hate to be derogatory about any bird species but if they gave out a prize for the world’s dumbest bird, the killdeer would win hands down. Its scientific name, Charadrius vociferous, perfectly ...

The most widely distributed and best known North American shore bird is the killdeer. Its name is derived from its very distinctive call, KILL- DEE or DEE-DEE-DEE. The bird will make this sound when ...

While visiting my brother in northern Michigan, we spent time walking on the rocky shores of Lake Huron. As we passed one of the vehicle parking areas, I noticed a killdeer sitting on the rocks. I ...

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO, N.Y. — While out on assignment Thursday afternoon, 2 On Your Side Photojournalist Penny Adams made an unexpected discovery on campus at the University at Buffalo — a bird’s nest ...