photographs of birds by Dean Rossa

 Baby Kildeers can run and hide when they dry off within a few minutes of hatching.
  The parents teach them to hide by flying low over them and forcing them to the ground.  
The larger egg size and long incubation period (3 weeks or so) contribute to the strength the babes of these ground nesters.

Dean Rossa
Jonesboro, Arkansas

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Baby Kildeers can run and hide when they dry off within a few minutes of hatching. The parents teach them to hide by flying low over them and forcing them to the ground. The larger egg size and long incubation period (3 weeks or so) contribute to the strength the babes of these ground nesters.