Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Ohio, the shorebirds are one of the largest bird groups, with 47 species thus far documented. Most plovers and sandpipers – the ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — A baby bird has life, liberty and the ability to pursue happiness this Fourth of July thanks to an observant and persistent Syracuse woman, with an assist from the city Public Works ...

Thumbs up to the PSU Altoona maintenance crew that rescued a baby killdeer that had fallen into a drain in the campus parking lot. My wife and I were at the weekly farmers market that takes place on ...

Fifty years ago, almost every child growing up in rural North America knew the call of a killdeer. A loud "K'deer, K'deer, K'deer" would announce his presence in open fields, pastures, wetlands, ...

With a bright white breast, black rings on the neck and forehead, and large lustrous eyes, the killdeer is difficult to confuse with any other bird in our area. Note how easily the bird can blend in ...

We have reached that time of year when going to work in the morning becomes more difficult with every passing day. The world is waking up from its winter slumber and more and more items of interest ...

I always do a second take when I see a killdeer skittering across a northern New Hampshire lawn, more than 100 miles from any ocean. These lanky birds look and move like they belong at the shore, ...