tags: Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Killdeer chick, Charadrius vociferus, at Anahuac Wildlife Refuge, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 27 June 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/2000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
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Great image! When the killdeer are trying to distract you and keep you away from their nests, this is what they are protecting. Now I get it! It's because they are too cute for their own good! Yay!
HJ
Also: Awwwwwww.
Really. Fucking. Cute.
One of the pleasures of bike riding is coming across animal life that is completely missed in a car. In May I passed a killdeer nest several times that was along the edge of a fairly clean ditch. By the first of June I was able to spot the peeps making their way in and around the ditch. A small gift to me from the cosmos.
Man, don't get too close to their breeding ground, though. I had one come up pretty much to my shoelaces and give me a right telling off.
HJ
If there is anything cuter than a baby shorebird, I haven't seen it yet.
Great shot! Thanks for sharing.