Killdeer: The Most Underappreciated Bird in Your Neighborhood!

[@suebaribass]

I love kildeer, and especially their "mini me" babies! It's a nice reminder even in suburban areas that wildlife is close by.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

@@suebaribass yes! They are adorable!

[@judyheim6888]

Love killdeer! They are such fun birds to watch. My husband likes to joke "Like many small birds they seem to have a lot of drama in their lives." There are quite a few living in the parking lot of a nearby nursing home that has a large retention pond. Workers often place orange traffic cones and tape to protect killdeer nests that the birds have wisely placed in gravel strips in the middle of the parking lot. Thank you for the video! Very informative.

[@cordeliaalderman391]

I absolutely love them, and I love their piping calls.

[@markdayton6759]

I’ve been birding for literally 58 years, work as a birding guide, and still love seeing Killdeer whenever I’m out. I have seen and heard quite a few at night.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Appreciate that someone with so much birding experience watched our video :) Thanks for the comment

[@markdayton6759]

@@BadgerlandBirdingYou guys have great content. I love your videos. One of these days I’m going to have to head your way to bird.

[@lisapolanski9379]

I used to walk around a track during my lunch break at a company where I worked as a contractor on and off over a period of 10 years. A large flock of killdeer was always there on the grass in the middle of the track (a soccer field) or in the landscaping along the edge. They would sometimes do the injured wing thing. I loved them. I called them The Permanent Killdeer, as I was just a contractor there.

[@jtwanderer6328]

I really enjoy these looks at a specific bird. I think Killdeers may have been one of my gateway birds when I was a kid because of that broken-wing display and bobbing head. Thank you!

[@nancymills5993]

I saw my first Killdeer family when I was around 8 years old. The babies had just hatched and I spotted them scooting through the short grass. It was quite a sight and 65 years later I have seen many more adults but will never forget the excitment of seeing that family. They are amazing birds!!

[@djdealwithit92]

I didn't know killdeer were plovers! They're such adorable birds.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

They definitely are adorable!

[@kaileebailee23]

Went out to a bug reservoir a few months ago and saw a ton if killdeer for the first time! They are adorable to watch but very flighy so be patient and don't expect to get close. Would love to see those cottonball babies!

[@stevep7476]

Killdeer was my first tick on my first US visit to Texas.

[@Oltoir]

Really? It's usually the house sparrow!

[@stevep7476]

@Oltoir By tick, I meant a life bird. I got House Sparrows in my garden at home. I did see them first in Tx tho.

[@ExplorationMary]

My first Killdeer was yesterday at a golf course on Merritt Island Florida.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Congratulations!

[@MelissaBesand]

The babies are so cute

[@BadgerlandBirding]

They really do!

[@NathanWebb-c5h]

I saw my first killdeer when I was 7.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Nice!

[@mattheide2775]

I did not know Killdeer were shore birds. Thank you for the video

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Thank YOU for watching!

[@ESan-yq1tm]

Very good video. Thank you. Here in the archipelago of Puerto Rico the Killdeer is a common sight in open field areas. Beautiful bird. In Puerto Rico the Killdeer is called: Playero Sabanero.

[@Beryllahawk]

So I'd never seen or even heard of killdeer until one of your earlier videos - y'all very literally introduced me to them! Haven't yet seen any more of them, but I know now what places are best to look when migration comes round again!

[@lisapolanski9379]

I love Killdeer.

[@barbarasmith3092]

What a great video. Thanks for the skillful work you do, bringing there beautiful birds to us on youtube. My favorite line, '...and they look like running cotton balls.'

[@rayettajones6441]

I love them!!

[@michaelsimko7694]

I like Killdeer. I live in an urban area in southwestern CT just 3 miles from the shoreline. I'm very familiar with seeing and hearing these birds for most of the year. There's a very large city park along the shoreline that is a very common site to see and hear Killdeer from March to November. I've even seen nesting sites and juveniles in gravel sections of the park that were at one time a dump. In the downtown section of the city is a bus terminal that's right near a lower tidal river. There's an abandoned parking area alongside a stretch of that river right near the bus terminal that Killdeer are commonly seen and heard at. If I were to be around there after sunset on a pleasant evening in mid to late March, I'd normally hear a Killdeer calling from the abandoned parking area. Killdeer are one of a few short-distance migratory birds to nearly year-round birds in my area that signify the warmer temperatures and longer daylight once I begin to hear them in March.

[@Isaac-47517]

I like them. Ever notice how some " common" birds are actually rich in aesthetics, and behavior, if you look closer ( not yall, you have telescopic lenses) ? The Blue Bird comes to mind, unique blue and unique brown on the belly.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Yeah! A lot of really fascinating birds get overlooked because they’re “common”

[@headtrauma_1]

Awesome

[@BadgerlandBirding]

🦜

[@elizastpierre1776]

I've heard them!! I love how they sound!👍thanks for posting

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Thank YOU for watching!

[@jrnhelgemagnussen9579]

I dream of finding one at my spot in Norway. There is one record back i 1974.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Don’t stop believing! We can trade you one :p

[@NatureNation1775]

Excellent video guys! Well done!!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@timroot4207]

Thank you !

[@BadgerlandBirding]

You're welcome!

[@stephenbrand5661]

My first favorite bird!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

It’s a good one!

[@Oltoir]

I've heard, and seen, them downtown on the roofs of shorter (under 10 stories) buildings. So weird hearing shore birds deep in the center of an urban area nowhere near standing water

[@BirdsandGhibliFan]

I remember seeing a Killdeer for the first time walking around the community college campus I attended about 6 years ago. When I saw it, I said, “Hey, are you lost? Don’t you belong at the shore?” LOL Little did I know until later that their preferred habitat is open areas, parking lots, and soccer fields like the community college had. 😄

[@oppositeofh8]

wow. thanks for the education. i'm not sure if i've seen a killdeer, but i may have heard one. i'll certainly be on the lookout, now. 😻😻😻😻😻 5/5

[@BadgerlandBirding]

You can find them in a lot of unexpected places like parking lots and gravel roads!

[@ExplorationMary]

I actually did think they were a semipalmated plover at first. I was just excited , then got to identifying.

[@theches53]

great video

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@markshen3280]

Good morning to you from Hong Kong 🇭🇰 SAR. It must be very tiresome and a daunting task for the mother Killdeer bird making all these manoeuvres just to lure potential predators away from its eggs or chicks 🐣

[@andyjay729]

It's crazy how many shorebirds (as well as gulls and pelicans) spend a lot of time far inland. And of course the well-memed American woodcock prefers forests.

[@kim.in.nature.]

How did they get that name

[@BadgerlandBirding]

@@kim.in.nature. from what their call sounds like!

[@Adele28.13]

Can you help!! I live in France and every day around lunchtime ish and sometimes in late late evening I hear a bird that makes a single note call but occasionally does a 2 note call. Almost sounds like a strange squeaky dog toy lol. It is driving me mental because I've tried to see it plenty of times and can never catch a glimpse. Please help lol. I'm going mad 😂😂

[@UrsaMajorPrime]

There's an app that can identify bird calls, best I got.

[@alexanderkidd7351]

Your description sounds like a flycatcher to me. Maybe a spotted flycatcher? Sounds: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/goe3maOOlNCirKs These migrating birds can be found in France, and are very squeaky sounding. But like the other comment mentioned, you probably should use an app to identify the bird sounds you are hearing.