Killdeer seems a rather strange name for a bird, but it’s quite appropriate for this species of shorebird. When alarmed they belt out a piercing call that sounds like “kill-deer! kill-deer!,” ...

Or you saw it fake an injury as it limped across a gravel parking lot. Then you might have wondered, what’s a stilt-legged shorebird doing in a parking lot? Now is the time to start looking out for ...