Killdeer
Plover Family

Killdeer frequent open areas and are right at home in suburban areas. Although they especially like mudflats and sandbars, Killdeer do well in human-modified habitats such as athletic fields, airports, golf courses, graveled or broken-asphalt parking lots, and graveled rooftops. They eat earthworms, grasshoppers, beetles, and snails. Learn more...

Photos:
Top - Occoquan Bay NWR; May 2006

Bottom - Eli Hosen, Asheville, NC; April 2007