Here are a series of photos of a Killdeer family. They were all taken by Dr. Albert Ryckman, an Albany, OR, birder. These chicks are two or three days old, we think. Running as soon as they are out of the egg, but weeks before they can fly much. That requires serious round-the-clock parenting.
Posted by: atowhee | June 23, 2019
BABY DEER…KILL-DEER, THAT IS
Posted in birding, birds, natural history, nesting, shorebirds, Uncategorized | Tags: Killdeer
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Reblogged this on Wolf's Birding and Bonsai Blog.
By: africanbirding on June 27, 2019
at 1:19 pm