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Post by littleminnie on May 24, 2011 22:37:58 GMT -5
The same pair of killdeers is nesting in about the same spot in my garden again this year. I have noticed them chase off a mourning dove and a robin. I think they also don't allow rabbits and gophers near there so I am leaving a row of peas uncovered to see if they get nibbled or not. The row is right next to the nest. Those stupid killdeers make so much racket while I am over there. I should just use an Ipod but I hate when people sneak up and surprise me!  |
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Post by steev on May 25, 2011 14:08:20 GMT -5
One of my neighbors by the farm killed a hawk that was striking her chickens; it wasn't really deliberate, she was hoeing weeds and took a swing at it as it flew in, connecting against the odds. That was several years ago, but what is apparently its widow swoops at her every so often still, rather unnerving.
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Post by remy on May 27, 2011 21:01:34 GMT -5
Minnie,
You made me remember when I was kid! My mother had a home built at the edge of suburbia going into forest and farmland so the land had to be cleared when the home was built. There was a killdeer that made a nest in out backyard the year we moved in. Right in the middle of a big expanse of open backyard. So we would mow around it. There would be a ring of high grass that looked incredibly silly out there. That bird came for a few years in the same exact spot and then it was gone.
Remy
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Post by steev on May 27, 2011 22:54:00 GMT -5
A neighbor had her old aluminum TV antenna still on the roof, and a woodpecker started using it to announce his turf in the Spring. I don't know whether he ever attracted a mate, but he came back four or five years to do that very distinctively metallic rat-a-tat-tat.
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Post by atash on May 27, 2011 23:12:29 GMT -5
Killdeers are common here. We had a pair near my office years ago, and once when me and the guys were coming back from a group lunch, the Killdeers were worried we might be after their chicks.
So both parents did the "broken wing" act.
"Dad" was particularly theatrical, flipping his tail up and down to draw our attention. Not only that, but we just happened to be going the direction he was trying to lead us in, so no doubt he though we were fooled. It was very comical.
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