To a hungry predator, a couple of eggs would make a good snack, but an adult Killdeer is a hearty meal. When it sees the “helpless” bird, it can’t resist going for the larger prize.

Once killdeer eggs hatch, the young are able to feed themselves. Although they do need some coaching, they are quite independent. In the bird world, this ability to feed themselves as chicks is ...

Killdeer eggs take about 24 days to hatch, so this youngster must have come from an egg laid at the beginning of April. That’s roughly one month earlier than birds were laying eggs a century ago ...

A killdeer, a brown migratory bird with bands of white and black, has laid several eggs in recent days near the back of the Little League field at the artificial turf complex.

Employees first discovered the nest last month when a forklift driver noticed an adult killdeer bird running away. The nest was in a gravel parking lot. Killdeer birds, nests and eggs are protected by ...

A shorebird, known as a "killdeer," recently landed on the 25-yard-line. So far, it has laid a handful of eggs on the artificial turf. The latest egg arrived on Thursday after a track meet.

This is a follow-up to the recent nature note about the killdeer and her nest of four eggs. The incubation period is 24-28 days. These babies hatched in 25 days. The four in the nest are just two ...

Farmers and ranchers are well versed in dealing with uncertainty and adversity. Yet there’s pressure to report the biggest ...

A migratory killdeer bird built its nest in the middle of a utility company's parking lot in South Carolina, and officials are barred from relocating the nest by a federal law.