Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
My first meeting with a Killdeer. Turns out they're Year-Round here & I've not ever seen one. So this encounter became a study in how to get closer to a Killdeer with no cover. ;-) I was in a field of a parking lot with nothing to hide behind.......
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