Killdeer

This Killdeer has a nest beside our driveway in the same location as she used last year.

Here she is setting on the nest.  There is no cover but she is still hard to see.

If we get too close she runs away for a few feet cries loudly and makes a display to attract our attention away from the nest.

Can you see the three eggs in the nest of gravel?

Here is an excellent article about the killdeer...

  http://www.birdwatching.com/stories/killdeer.html