The killdeer is a member of the plover family and is most closely related to small plovers such as the common semipalmated plover and the endangered piping plover. All belong to the Genus, Charadius, ...

I always do a second take when I see a killdeer skittering across a northern New Hampshire lawn, more than 100 miles from any ocean. These lanky birds look and move like they belong at the shore, ...

Fifty years ago, almost every child growing up in rural North America knew the call of a killdeer. A loud "K'deer, K'deer, K'deer" would announce his presence in open fields, pastures, wetlands, ...

In last week’s column, I focused on the black-necked stilt, an oddity in the shorebird family that few non-birders would have ever heard of. This week, my focus will be on the killdeer, which is ...

Near Little Swamp Sanctuary in west Midland County, Barb Rogers and her husband Joe hear and see at least one killdeer each year, defending its territory in the small grassy area in front of the ...

Plovers generally are a group of shorebirds that typically go unseen by the average person. Mountain and piping plovers both are rare and state threatened, with specific habitat requirements. Other ...

Some birds are so much a part of farm life they're considered co-workers. A fortunate barn has barn owls to feast on grain-nibbling mice. Or barn swallows, patrolling for mosquitoes. In spring, ...