I was driving around farm country when I spotted a medium-sized, brown bird picking around in a field that had already been plowed. I thought there wasn't much left for this bird, whatever it was.
It had long spindly legs and I hadn't a clue as to its identity.
The way it walked reminded me of an Egret or a Sandhill Crane, but I knew it wasn't either of those.
And then it turned towards me and I saw it. A beautiful orange eye!
I whipped out my bird app on my phone and typed in "orange eye" as my identifier and it came up right away. My new bird is a killdeer belonging to the plover family.
I also learned that for habitats, the killdeer prefers open areas, such as plowed fields. No wonder it seemed right at home where I saw it.
Great find and captures, Karen! Killdeer always take me back to my childhood, because it was common to see them in the fields near where I lived.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jan. So glad my killdeer images were reminiscent for you.
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