Re: Killdeer

We have them too. They hatch two sets of nests each year. You have to
really look for the babies though cause they camouflage so well and
parents try to divert your attention away from them.



Cathy Carpenter <cathy.c@insightbb.com> wrote:
Donna, do you mean killdeer? They nest on the ground and exhibit the 
behaviors you describe. We have them around here, too. I wonder how 
they have survived - not one I have seen nesting has ever had babies 
hatch.
Cathy
On Monday, April 25, 2005, at 05:55 AM, Donna wrote:

> most times they take over any hanging pot. john put
> the large (like 1 1/2- 2ft) ornaments there this year
> and pitched the plastic pots. Not sure where my doves
> are nesting, but I see them around here daily.
>
> In my yard, the only bird who normally nests on the
> ground is the sand something, need more coffee to
> remember the name... escapes me at the moment. It
> nests in the pea gravel by my veggie garden. It is the
> bird that pretends to be hurt when you go near the
> nest, drawing you to it, rather than the babies...
> kinds cool how it pretend to have a broken wing.
>
> All of my trees have someone's nests too....
>
> Donna
>
> --- Melody wrote:
>> Our garden is home to a returning set of mourning
>> doves as well...on the
>> ground in the middle of my daffodils, right under
>> the cherry
>> tree...there is a pair that returns to nest in the
>> same spot there every
>> year. Is this unusual for birds to nest on the
>> ground?
>>
>>
>>
>> Melody
>> Hills, IA zone 5
>
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