Killdeer are back again
Just the other day I was looking back on my blog to see when the killdeer usually show up and over the last few years it has been the end of March, so we have been keeping an eye out for them hoping they would return – and today they did. However, we normally have a single pair each year but today there are four birds. They all seem to be getting along, so not sure if it is two pairs, or perhaps young from a previous year with the parents.
Last year the pair had four babies but they got killed by another killdeer that turned up unexpectedly, so we only had babies for a short while. Hopefully they will do better this year – perhaps the parents have bought baby sitters with them to help LOL. It will be interesting to watch the dynamics as they next and have young.
Other birds that have now arrived include robins and a possible sighting of the flicker, still to be confirmed. The raccoons are about as are the chipmunks and of course the squirrels are always about regardless of the weather. Since we haven’t had any major bad weather the deer are not about as much as they have been in the past which is a shame.
Talking of the weather - it is all over the place lately. We really haven’t had a winter this year, just a few days of snow here and there and some cold days (including today), but on the whole nothing compared to the previous years we have been here. The weekend looks to be cold and rainy, but next week is looking warmer and sunny.
