Pictured above are the beautiful mottled eggs of a different species of plover, the Killdeer. Notice how the Killdeer eggs look similar to the PiPl eggs, but are a deeper gray. Killdeers make their nest scrapes on the ground, just as do PiPl, but in gravel and soil, and the darker colored eggs are perfectly camouflaged amidst the sticks and stones. Piping Plover eggs are beautifully camouflaged when laid in sandy nest scrapes.
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Piping Plover eggs
Killdeer, Good Harbor Beach Gloucester
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Pictured above are the beautiful mottled eggs of a different species of plover, the Killdeer. Notice how the Killdeer eggs look similar to the PiPl eggs, but are a deeper gray. Killdeers make their nest scrapes on the ground, just as do PiPl, but in gravel and soil, and the darker colored eggs are perfectly camouflaged amidst the sticks and stones. Piping Plover eggs are beautifully camouflaged when laid in sandy nest scrapes.
Piping Plover eggs
Killdeer, Good Harbor Beach Gloucester
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Last year killdeer nested up by Petco , couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw one doing the broken wing thing 🙂
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That broken wing thing is fascinating! The Piping Plovers do it too, but not as frequently, and it is much more dramatic when the Killdeers do it.
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