Re: ok- this is just unbelievable

hum..might be!

Will see if I can get a good picture of her this week
if I get home early enough one night.

Donna

--- Theresa <tchessie@comcast.net> wrote:
> 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!
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> >>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   <mhobertm@excite.com> 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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