I've also been watching this killdeer pair last year and again this
year at E. Hill Office Bldg (I work here). I requested that the
landscaping crew does not mow this parking lot island until the chicks
hatch and all the killdeer leave. For added protection, I also put
little flags around the island (to remind the landscapers) and a cone
to keep the parking space beside the nest empty. I guess the killdeer
liked the special arrangement so much last year that they decided this
was the perfect spot again for this year's nest!

Could anyone tell me if a pair of killdeer mate for life? Or at least
for more than one year? I assume this is the same pair as nested there
last year, because the nest is in the same exact spot.

Marla Coppolino
http://www.thesnailwrangler.com/





On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Marc Devokaitis <mdevokai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From Ilene Miller who also reported them last year:
>
> "The East Hill Office Building Killdeer is back for another year.  She laid
> an egg yesterday.  She has picked the same parking lot island and tree as
> last year.  I think she actually waited for them to put fresh mulch around
> the tree."
>
>
> Marc Devokaitis
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