Two years ago on Mother’s Day, I noticed a bird acting very strangely in my front yard. I watched as it squawked and flopped around as if it were hurt whenever someone came close to it. I watched as ...

TODAY, GENTLE NATURE-LOVERS, we consider our native killdeer. Perhaps you know this skinny-stilted bird as that deceitful little squawker who pulls out the high-drama “Ow! My leg!” distraction ploy ...

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - Chicks are beginning to emerge from a killdeer nest located at the Johns Island site of the Berkeley Electric Cooperative. An update on Wednesday from the agency says three ...

On Sunday, April 15, a set of triplets was born on Grass Island. And the happy parents? A pair of killdeer, medium-sized shorebirds in the plover family. But the happy couple might not ever have had ...

My wife and I were picking strawberries on a farm near Lizella in Bibb County last weekend when I noticed a brownish, dove-sized bird struggling between the rows of strawberry plants. It seemed barely ...

Well, this is a bit of a fowl situation. A bird recently began nesting in the parking lot at the Johns Island location of Berkeley Electric Cooperative, Inc., according to a Facebook post from the ...

Ann Mitchell was walking from her Flossmoor home to the train station May 28, on her way to a Coldplay concert at Soldier Field when she came across something unexpected. An unusual bird had made its ...

Thank goodness killdeer parenting is a 50-50 proposition, especially in this heat! Many shorebirds nest out on the beach in the open sun, but they usually have at least the advantage of a sea breeze.

I hate to be derogatory about any bird species but if they gave out a prize for the world’s dumbest bird, the killdeer would win hands down. Its scientific name, Charadrius vociferous, perfectly ...

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO, N.Y. — While out on assignment Thursday afternoon, 2 On Your Side Photojournalist Penny Adams made an unexpected discovery on campus at the University at Buffalo — a bird’s nest ...

Shorebirds (Order Charadriiformes) exhibit a wide variety of breeding systems, and have been the subject of extensive studies on the evolution of these systems. Nevertheless, there are many monogamous ...