Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Ohio, the shorebirds are one of the largest bird groups, with 47 species thus far documented. Most plovers and sandpipers – the ...

A Killdeer nest in a kindergarten playground at Wadsworth Elementary teaches compassion, adaptation, and conservation.

You and someone else were sitting in a car on a quiet road, looking at mounds of compost, and you want me to believe that it was the birds that were doing all the snuggling. My parents weren't the ...

Its Latin name, Charadrius vociferous, says it all: noisy plover. The killdeer, long-legged like its shorebird cousins, is America's most familiar and widespread plover, calling out "ka-dee, ka-dee, ...

Ann Mitchell was walking from her Flossmoor home to the train station May 28, on her way to a Coldplay concert at Soldier Field when she came across something unexpected. An unusual bird had made its ...

A Killdeer nest discovered at Wadsworth Elementary School successfully hatches, providing a unique educational opportunity for students.

The killdeer is a familiar bird, perhaps as well known as the robin. Like the robin, it is a reliable sign of spring. The killdeer signals spring in places other than the robin, however. Robins hop ...

Caution tape surrounds a bird who decided to nest on land reserved for a massive tree-planting initiative.

MAHONING TWP. — They're back for a third time. Killdeer are nesting in stones along the parking lot of the office of Montour County District Judge Marvin Shrawder. He discovered two eggs in the nest ...

In Ohio, the shorebirds are one of the largest bird groups, with 47 species thus far documented. Most plovers and sandpipers – the bulk of our shorebirds – are strictly pass-through visitors. Species ...