\nI think, for years, I’ve had a relationship with a killdeer.<\/p>\n
\nAt night, I would often run in a nearby field. It was dark enough that I could see where I was going, but not beyond.<\/p>\n
\nAt times during the run, particularly in winter, I would suddenly hear a bird: kee kee kee kee\u2026 Obviously I’d disturbed it. \n<\/p>\n
\nThe bird’s reaction was always a surprise. It would happen in different parts of the field, far from each other, on different nights. I couldn’t have planned a route to prevent it. It always happened deep inside the field, remote of cover: the bird must have been on open ground.<\/p>\n
\nThe killdeer nests in the open, and lives here all year. It will happily inhabit a parking lot or other human-made clearing. I’ve always thought of it as a shore bird, but it does well inland, too.<\/p>\n
Sorry, killdeer. I’ve never seen you, nor can I seem to avoid you. Anyway, I’d hope you’d be used to me by now:)\n<\/p>\n
Source:<\/p>\n
Hoar, DeSmet, et al. Birds of Canada<\/em>. Edmonton: Lone Pine Publishing, 2010.<\/p>\n\nJack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Self-tutoring about birds: the tutor mentions a killdeer. I think, for years, I’ve had a relationship with a killdeer. At night, I would often run in a nearby field. It was dark enough that I could see where I was …<\/p>\n