World Bird Wednesday

Killdeer

The female killdeer is the drama queen of the bird world. This pair of Killdeer build their nest every year in my friends garden ... before he has had a chance to rototill it. Being the good guy that he is, he postpones his garden every year to allow them to complete their family.

On our approach to the garden Mama Killdeer starts out by scolding ...

When that doesn't work she flies over to the grass to try to draw us away from the nest ...

the finale is the broken wing, injured bird performance ... 

Then Dad, who heard her distress calls came to help out ...

 We only stayed long enough to snap a quick picture of  the nest.  I don't like to stress the birds when they are nesting, but these two have to be used to us by now.  We check them out every spring, as much to make sure they are okay as to see the nest. 

    Looking forward to babies ... :)