Birds of a Feather is back with our new blog, Birding and Bonding! Our previous objective remains the same. Our goal is to find all birds that live on Long Island year round. The only rule is that in order to add a bird to our list, we must see it when we are together. That's where the bonding comes in. Life can get so hectic that we sometimes fail to enjoy the more important things. This gives us a wonderful outlet to make sure we take the time.

Of course, Long Island has many migratory birds, as well. We certainly don't want to ignore them. We will blog about them as well. Armed with new cameras and renewed incentive, we look forward to getting back on the birding trail!

Friday, May 7, 2010

Rare sighting in an Industrial Park!

San, ever since you told me what you thought you saw the other day when you were over by my job I have been diligently looking for this bird.

And guess what!!!  Today I actually saw him (or her) in the grassy part of a parking lot on my way to work.   I immediately turned my car around and tried taking pictures with my phone.   Needless to say, he is so small in the pictures you can't really make him out.  But it was most definitely a Killdeer.
I must admit, I have never in my entire life seen this bird.  I thought  they were only near water, which my job definitely is not unless you count puddles.

Thanks San for telling me to keep on the lookout.  Once I looked this bird up, I realized it isn't so rare a find in a parking lot after all.

This is what I found when I researched the bird:



  • Habitat

    Look for Killdeer on open ground with low vegetation (or no vegetation at all), including lawns, golf courses, driveways, parking lots, and gravel-covered roofs, as well as pastures, fields, sandbars and mudflats. This species is one of the least water-associated of all shorebirds.


2 comments:

  1. I am very impressed! Now if we could only spot him at the same time!

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  2. What a nice looking bird. It does resemble a deer alive though, not killed. I too will keep a look out for it.

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