TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Killdeer Brookville Reservoir Killdeer- Charadrius vociferus Killdeer- Charadrius vociferus, Order CHARADRIIFORMES - Family CHARADRIIDAE - Subfamily Charadriinae. "The most widespread and familiar of plovers. Very common in farmlands, fields, and even parking lots. The broken-wing act used to lead predators from the nest would not keep a cow or horse from stepping on the eggs. To guard against large hoofed animals, the Killdeer uses a quite different display, fluffing itself up, displaying its tail over its head, and running at the beast to attempt to make it change its path." This bird was found in the Brookville Reservoir area in extreme western Indiana near the Ohio border. (Photo: April 10, 2004, Canon 10D, EF 300mm f/4.0L IS USM, 1.4x teleconverter EF ll lens ) For More Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Killdeer_dtl.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.