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 ...

Plovers generally are a group of shorebirds that typically go unseen by the average person. Mountain and piping plovers both are rare and state threatened, with specific habitat requirements. Other ...

Spring’s arrival is usually marked by sound before sight. Sure we may think we see the first signs of spring when the robins arrive or the fields start to transition from drab brown to green, but ...

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 ...

If you know where to look, right now is a good time to find killdeer; they are laying eggs and protecting their nests in obvious ways. The killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) is a shorebird that, while it ...

Not a myth, Fred. Birds really do perform the broken wing act. But don’t worry, there are still plenty of other myths out there and some are kind of scary, especially on social media. Don’t you miss ...

All birds seemed glad to leave the vicinity." Much of the killdeer's defensive pugnacity is vocal, but its oft repeated "kill-dee, kill-dee, kill-dee" is not limited to times of danger, though danger ...