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We had a new guest at Casa River yesterday.
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Running up and down the driveway at lightning speed.
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They’re cute little fellows we rarely see on our property.
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A shorebird who often nests alongside fields..
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The killdeer emits a shrill shriek of a call and is famous for pretending to have a broken wing and luring predators away from its nest with its supposed injury.
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Cute.
And smart.
Not to mention fast.
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River's world..... 
A very interesting bird.
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They’re very sweet…
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So he’s an avian con artist eh? lol
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A very protective momma.
😊
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Aww! So cute!
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They really are. Especially when they run…
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Cute, smart, and new to me!
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Their relative is the plover, maybe you have them…?
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Yes, I have heard of plovers, but I don’t think they’re around here.
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Casa River gladly accepts new reservations.🙂
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Absolutely!
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How lovely. We get ringed plover in the UK (very similar but with a single neck collar) but the name “killdeer” is so romantic
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I wonder where the name came from. They’re way too small to hurt deer.
😉
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Now, that is something I would like to see. I wonder if it’s on YouTube.
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Everything is on YouTube.
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They are so cute; love their little stripped necks.
I’d not seen one in person until this past year. When our pond was being filled, a few of them showed up in the GA mountains. Maybe the southern ones aren’t so much shore birds as they are water birds?
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They like large fields as well. Which is why we have this one….
😊
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At least it’s not a grey catbird.
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We have those as well….
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