For one mother bird, the patch of shade from a boot-sized chunk of concrete is the most important place in the world right now. This is where one killdeer — a brown and white bird with lightning-speed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Ohio, the shorebirds are one of the largest bird groups, with 47 species thus far documented. Most plovers and sandpipers – the ...

With a bright white breast, black rings on the neck and forehead, and large lustrous eyes, the killdeer is difficult to confuse with any other bird in our area. Note how easily the bird can blend in ...