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:
-                                              HabitatLook 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.

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