For those who have not been to our office and warehouse, we’re in an industrial park. We have trucks coming and going as well as our normal course of business sending out 200 packages a week. Through it all, we have a nesting Killdeer that comes back each year.

These are a fascinating species as they nest on the ground. They seem to like the area next to one of our curbs. Their eggs are almost perfectly camouflaged against the crushed limestone gravel. When you approach, they’ll get up and run away from the nest but act as if they’re wounded splaying their wings, limping and make a chirping noise as if dieing. Needless to say, they’ll keep pulling you away and when you get really close they fly off.

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