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BIRD LIFE IN WASHINGTON 
THE KILLDEER 
The Killdeer is a plover who has given 
himself another name. 
We were not as lucky finding Kiildeer 
homes as we were finding Spotted Sand 
Piper homes. That was because Spotted 
Sand Piper lived near us and Killdeer 
loved the sloughs farther away. Who 
taught the birds to divide the land as 
they have! The sloughs near us are just 
as secluded as those they have chosen, vet 
year after year A\e go thirty miles to Adsit 
the Killdeer. The bird lo\ r er avIio visits 
all kinds of birds that belong to his state 
must travel many miles; for the feathered 
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citizens are very exclusive in their choice 
of dAvelling places. 
Killdeer’s nest may be pictured about 
the same as Spotted Sand Piper's: on the 
ground near water are four eggs. The 
small end of each egg alAA T ays points 
do AA r n wards. 
We found a pair of Killdeer near their 
slough last year. The male bird did his 
best to induce us to follow him. “Right 
this way, please!" he seemed to say. 
The mother bird appeared to be terribly 
wounded. Indeed every bone in her little 
body seemed to be broken as she fluttered 
and rolled and tumbled there on the 
