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Mother Killdeer treats garden clubbers to broken wing dance

She was between VFW Hall, Extension office on Fairground ST
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By Barbara Armitage

As the Adair County Garden Club gathered this morning, Tuesday, May 5, 2009 to prepare for litter pick up I got to see something I had not seen before. A mother Killdeer was nesting among the rocks that line the creek between the VFW and the Extension office.



We were treated to her famous "broken wing" dance as she screeched at us for daring to come to close to her nest of rocks filled with 4 speckled eggs.

According to the authorities at the Audubon Society Killdeer are rather rare in this part of the county so I feel honored to have witnessed her Motherly dance.



This story was posted on 2009-05-06 00:11:36
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Birds of KY: Rare Chance to see Mother Killdeer on nest



2009-05-05 - Fairgrounds ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Barbara Armitage.
THIS MOTHER KILLDEER was photographed on her nest, located the the water way between the the Adair County Extension Office and the VFW Hall on Fairgrounds Street, Columbia, KY. During the period the beautiful creature performed the species famous broken wing dance, a performance designed to lead would be predators away from her nest.

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