Killdeer fluffing up on the shore
by Bryan Keil
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Killdeer fluffing up on the shore
Artist
Bryan Keil
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Killdeer The Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) is a medium-sized plover.
The adults have a brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with two black bands. The rump is tawny orange. The face and cap are brown with a white forehead. The eyering orange-red. The chicks are patterned almost identically to the adults and are precocial able to move around immediately after hatching. The Killdeer frequently uses a "broken wing act" to distract predators from the nest. It is named onomatopoeically after its call this one is fluffing up by a pond
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May 10th, 2013
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Comments (9)
Miroslava Jurcik
Congratulations, your outstanding image has been featured in Kingdom Animalia and selected for Best of the best gallery ! You are now welcome to add your picture to best of the best discussion tab ! l/f
Don Columbus
Congratulations Bryan, your work is Featured in "Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds" I invite you to place it in the group's "2018 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!!
William Tasker
I'm proud to exhibit this named bird image among the features for the group, Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group. L/F
Anita Faye
Wonderful reflective nature capture Bryan! Featured on Poetic Poultry! http://fineartamerica.com/groups/poetic-poultry-.html
Dawn Currie
Bryan, Congratulations on your feature in our group, I Love Nature Photography - celebrating the best of our natural world!
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
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