Re: ok- this is just unbelievable

Are they Plovers?  They and kildeer are related and do the same "wing" 
thing.

Theresa

Donna wrote:

>Mine look more like sandpipers.... but I am not the greatest on id them...
>which is why I am taking this class!
>
>Whatever they are, the babies do hatch, but they are in a fenced in area
>(aka veggie garden) so many land predators can't get them.
>
>Donna
>Where it is really windy tonight!
>
>
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>>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:
>>
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>>>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   <mhobertm@excite.com> wrote:
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>>>
>>>>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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