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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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Kind of has the markings of a plover but I don't think their eyelids are red are they?
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Wisconsin
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Close, but not a plover.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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Ahhhhh yes, by golly, I think I've got it
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Michigan
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Location: Pennsylvania
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That's a clever twist on the game.
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I'm not good at this kind of thing.
At first I was thinking a bird of prey (see! Not good at this)...but after the guesses and hint...and t hi s comment......I think I might know. They are cute...and (if I'm right), one I'd love to attract.
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Do these birds like open fields...with gravel and stones? (At least that is what I'm picturing as potential habitat.)
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Wisconsin
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I think everyone has got it - it is a killdeer:
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Michigan
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Their chicks look like little balls of fluff with mile-long legs....so stinkin CUTE!!!
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Location: Pennsylvania
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It took me a while to make the connection too, NEWisc. Years ago, at the beach I noticed the similarities...maybe even picked it up from a field guide, not sure. I've always loved seeing these birds with such a strange name. When we moved here, I thought we might get them with the open areas, but, over the years, I realize it is not the right habitat...not sure I can change that, but I'd love to see them here. I've seen pictures of them nesting among rounded stones where their eggs blend in. I recently started making a dry creekbed tat will drain into the pond when it rains. I doubt that will be enough to attract them, but once the larger pond is dug and established, perhaps I'll have something that might attract them. I really should read up on their habitat. Thanks for the fun and the link.
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