Comments | weremoose: Killdeer Chicks

weremoose

Killdeer Chicks

Jun 14, 2005 10:43

For the past month or so, I've had a killdeer nesting near my ash tree in my back yard. I haven't let Polar out at all during that time because I didn't want her to mess with the bird. There were four eggs in the nest, and the mother was doing her wounded-wing-lure-away-from-the-nest tactic every time I went out to water the tree and the ( ( Read more... )

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teekachu June 14 2005, 15:47:52 UTC

They hatched THIS MORNING? o.o

Baby birds wouldn't look like that after they'd just hatched...

jonbuck June 14 2005, 17:17:40 UTC

Baby birds aren't always helpless when they hatch. Some species are up and active right away. Consider chickens.

teekachu June 14 2005, 17:24:34 UTC

Yes, but still, if they'd hatched this morning, they wouldn't be up and about. It usually takes baby chickens at least a few hours to get up the strength to walk around.

weremoose June 14 2005, 17:24:21 UTC

Well, they might not have hatched this morning, but they hatched sometime between sunset last night and sunrise this moring. And these are also killdeer. They nest on the ground. They run around on the ground like little roadrunners. So, I'm sure the chicks are born ready to run.

teekachu June 14 2005, 17:27:09 UTC

Ohhhhhh! I misunderstood. I forgot that killdeer are a ground species. XD I was thinking flying-type.

You're right. My bad.

it's amazing to me how their feathers look so much like their mom's already!

weremoose June 14 2005, 17:29:27 UTC

Yeah. They tend to blend in with the dead grass and dirt in my yard. :)

linnaeus June 14 2005, 18:10:37 UTC

No way could one of those bring down a deer!

weremoose June 14 2005, 18:18:21 UTC

Now, that I think about it, I haven't seen either neighbors' dogs lately.

sr_foxley June 14 2005, 20:34:36 UTC

Apparently you've never seen them swarm.

Nastier than africanized honey bees, those killdeer...

tinbender June 14 2005, 23:08:59 UTC

And if you think those are bad, you should see the Whippoorwills in action. All I can say is that I'm very glad that my name isn't Will!

jaggers June 15 2005, 06:57:25 UTC

did they tell you to kill deer?

weremoose June 15 2005, 13:49:32 UTC

Uh... no.... no. Why do you ask? :)

jaggers June 16 2005, 09:24:33 UTC

Oh! And can you also say hi to everyone for me? :) Like during that self-intro part. Especially tell KTara and Dratter I say hi. Okay? Please please please? :)