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Ah right, Killdeers I'm thinking?

• yareally 3y ago
  The shorebird that frequents parking lot islands more than actual ones? It's probably them, unless you're close to the ocean or the great lakes. I saw some rare piping plovers though the other year on Lake Erie. I used to have a love/hate relationship with killdeer, but while on the trip to see the plovers, I saw a killdeer mom and her babies do the most adorable thing. The mom would let out a little "peep" while forging and expect her babies to peep back one at a time. Gave me a new respect for a bird I used to think of as a suburban parking lot nuisance. It was like a bird implementation of the ping protocol https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local/rare-northwest-ohio-piping-plover-eggs-hatch-first-time-80-years-maumee-bay-state-park-oregon-nellie-nish-birds/512-09d27773-5136-41a5-a7f4-962d81fba368 https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local/rare-northwest-ohio-...