We have reached that time of year when going to work in the morning becomes more difficult with every passing day. The world is waking up from its winter slumber and more and more items of interest ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Alongside a road, a Killdeer looks after its child. The Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) is the largest of the ringed plovers in the United States. Despite its name, the ...

It's been a while since we've seen a killdeer. We chalked it up to the number of feral hogs in Arkansas, and their ability to eat a couple pounds of wild bird eggs in one gulp. The pig population in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Ohio, the shorebirds are one of the largest bird groups, with 47 species thus far documented. Most plovers and sandpipers – the ...

I always do a second take when I see a killdeer skittering across a northern New Hampshire lawn, more than 100 miles from any ocean. These lanky birds look and move like they belong at the shore, ...

The robin-sized Killdeer is brownish above and white below, with two dark neck bands that secure the identification of this species. Photo by Rhododentrites ...