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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦
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Killdeer (plover) 8-11cm Shorebird North America Female scapes her nest in the sand lines it with sticks and grass to hide it. Incubation 28 days female sits in the day the male sits at night Chicks are precocial fully feathered capable of feeding themselves. Parents protect them for 30 days.

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Kildeer also protect their nests from both humans & animals by faking a wing injury. When someone gets too close to their nest, they start dragging their wing & calling out to lead potential dangers away. They stay just out of reach, then fly away once the danger is far enough away from the nest.

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