RE: ok- this is just unbelievable

You are right! That's my birds! Speckled eggs and all :)

Donna
Who hates using this guide book- darn birds never look like the images they
have!


> 
> I bet they are killdeer. Check out
> www.birdwatching.com/stories/killdeer.html
> I think killdeer are shorebirds that (wisely) decided to differentiate
> and adapt...
> Cathy
> On Monday, April 25, 2005, at 09:54 PM, 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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