killdeer

• I want to lure her away from my wife, so, like the killdeer, I limp. —  F ;SF - vol 101 issue 02 - August 2001
• A killdeer, a common wading bird, nested in a parking lot outside the College of Community Health Sciences, laying four eggs, probably over the weekend. —  news | TL | http://www.tuscaloosanews.com
• Although most common in farm yards and fields, it's not unusual for a killdeer to nest in parking lots or on gravel roofs. —  news | TL | http://www.tuscaloosanews.com
• It will likely take 22 to 30 days for the eggs to hatch, and then another 20 to 31 days for the chicks to become independent, although the killdeer is one of a handful of birds whose babies are mobile within hours of hatching and who feed themselves from the start. —  news | TL | http://www.tuscaloosanews.com
• This makes the dirt parking lots scattered throughout the wetlands the perfect place to spot killdeer, according to a press release from the foundation. —  theaggie.org

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