We have reached that time of year when going to work in the morning becomes more difficult with every passing day. The world is waking up from its winter slumber and more and more items of interest ...

Not all birds prefer trees in which to feed, nest and rest. The nation’s rolling Midwest is a prime example of grassland habitat holding a variety of unusual birds. But you need not venture far from ...

The SPCA Monterey County Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center is currently caring for two young killdeer after students found the eggs and mistakenly took them from their nest. Killdeers are ...

The robin-sized Killdeer is brownish above and white below, with two dark neck bands that secure the identification of this species. Photo by Rhododentrites ...

The bird of the week -- at least my week -- must be the killdeer. I saw killdeer on my driveway, along the highway on the way to work, on the runway at airports in Grand Forks and Duluth, in parking ...

Its Latin name, Charadrius vociferous, says it all: noisy plover. The killdeer, long-legged like its shorebird cousins, is America's most familiar and widespread plover, calling out "ka-dee, ka-dee, ...

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 ...

Students and faculty at Grace School were welcomed back from spring break by an unlikely guest - a killdeer had laid four eggs in the middle of the playground. "At first she was loud. I could hear her ...