Can you find the eggs hidden in this picture?
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Since I took this picture, the Mama Killdeer (or perhaps it was the Papa Killdeer?) laid another egg.
Here is one of the parent (birth-giver?) birds sitting on the nest. When they are still, it can be quite difficult to find them.
If Toby comes near the nest, the Killdeer try to lead him away from it. This parent (I mean birth-giver) is right on the edge of the gravel heading toward the grass.
If the bird still feels threatened, it will poop while running away. Then it will chirp a lot and do a broken wing display. Toby is very entertained by this. He has high hopes that someday he will catch this bird.
The Killdeer made this nest at a nearby church. I am sure to them it seemed like a wonderfully peaceful location with hardly anyone around. Then along came Easter, and the world went crazy. But, perhaps they did this on purpose. Maybe sitting on a nest is boring, and this is like theater to them.
Let’s make it interactive theater, shall we?
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If you would like more interactive activities with Toby, come to the Museum of the Imagination in Dream Our World. Inside my two Cairn boys explore the world of art from a canine perspective and enjoy a day of unsupervised fun.
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The Adventures of Bitey Dog 
LOVE KILDEERS !
A LITTLE FACTOID. ALL BIRDS POOP (ITS CALLED FEEKING) WHEN THEY GET READY TO FLY OFF OR RUNAWAY. IT HAS A SIMPLE REASON !! IT MAKES THEM LIGHTER !!! I LEARNED THAT BEING A FALCONER ! ITS A FLIGHT OR FIGHT RESPONSE
I thought it might have to do with seeming more injured than they are, but being lighter makes total sense! 🦅
I LOVE KILLDEER. A LITTLE FACTOID FOR YOU. ALL BIRDS POOP BEFORE THE RUNAWAY ITS CALLED (FEEKING) IT HAS A SIMPLE REASON IT MAKES THEM LIGHTER ! LEARNED THAT WHEN I WAS A FALCONER ! ITS A FLIGHT OR FIGHT RESPONSE
Aw, sweet! I see the eggs! The parents did find a place to settle that has good camouflage! 🙂
Ha on the theater! 😀 Could be! 🙂 and HAHAHAHA on interactive theater! 🙂
Oh, Toby, you are so cute and handsome in your photo! 🙂 Will you get to eat some green beans today!? Happy Easter!!!
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(((HUGS))) 🙂
I wish mom would hide my green beans in Easter eggs. – Toby
Happy Easter, Cooper & Cooper’s Mom! 🐣 🐰 🐇 🥚 🪺
“birth giver” had me cracking up. Love killdeer, they dive bomb me when I mow the front field every time, It’s like a game we play, they swoop really close and I used to get all freaked out but now I just laugh at them.
Mowing day must be very interesting at your place! 😆
I used to mow 8 acres all by myself. Then Bear retired and took over. If you ever heard someone singing the theme to Green Acres very loudly and badly, that was probably me.
😆😂😆😂
That’s amazing, I didn’t even see them! Hope Toby enjoys his eggs!!
Only chicken eggs! I’ve heard that baby Killdeer are very cute, and I’m hoping to get to see some in person.
If my mom is scared and needs to run away she poops too
I hope you don’t scare your mommy too often! 😆😂