Or you saw it fake an injury as it limped across a gravel parking lot. Then you might have wondered, what’s a stilt-legged ...

Killdeer are notoriously weird when it comes to birds from the plover family. Although they will periodically nest near water, most prefer drier areas. Their favorite nesting spot seems to be smack ...

Fifty years ago, almost every child growing up in rural North America knew the call of a killdeer. A loud "K'deer, K'deer, K'deer" would announce his presence in open fields, pastures, wetlands, ...

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 ...

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) – Utility crews worked to protect a shorebird that decided to make its nest in a dangerous location. Berkeley Electric Cooperative said Tuesday that its crews discovered a ...

Near Little Swamp Sanctuary in west Midland County, Barb Rogers and her husband Joe hear and see at least one killdeer each year, defending its territory in the small grassy area in front of the ...

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - Chicks are beginning to emerge from a killdeer nest located at the Johns Island site of the Berkeley Electric Cooperative. An update on Wednesday from the agency says three ...