A small flock (herd?) of killdeer(s) were in the parking lot of Home Depot on Highway 620 this morning. I didn't know what they were; I thought they looked like shore birds and looked them up when I got home. They are indeed shore birds. I have to remind myself that shore birds can mean lakeshore birds, as opposed to ocean. This was 10 or 12 miles from my home, where I have never seen them.
There were half a dozen at most. Their cry is high and piercing and when they weren't walking around the parking lot, they were swooping around, presumably scooping up flying bugs for lunch.
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