Killdeer at Burlington Prairie

Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
edited May 18, 2010 in Wildlife
This adult spotted me...

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...and promptly crossed my path and started the old "oh woe is me" routine to draw my attention away from...

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...the chicks that were romping around in the high grasses.

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I guess I shouldn't have...but I couldn't resist holding this one in my soft gloved hands. It was quite a thrill for me and the chick didn't seem to mind at all.

Killdeer young are precocious, that is, they look like the adults and can get their own food at a very young age.

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited May 6, 2010
    Excellent captures Ric but..........

    100 demerits for picking up the chick. :nono
    Harry
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    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited May 6, 2010
    Harryb wrote: »
    Excellent captures Ric but..........

    100 demerits for picking up the chick. :nono

    Thanks, Harry. :D

    Yeah...I know...bad on me.:hide
  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited May 7, 2010
    Gorgeous images! I love the eye ring and that fuzzball of a chick is adorable. I have never been able to get this close at all. I must smell badly to them. rolleyes1.gif
    Stephen
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  • GiphsubGiphsub Registered Users Posts: 2,662 Major grins
    edited May 7, 2010
    Very nice Ric! That chick shot is too cute clap.gif
    Mike Helbig

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    http://www.thewildpig.blogspot.com
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited May 7, 2010
    Maestro wrote: »
    Gorgeous images! I love the eye ring and that fuzzball of a chick is adorable. I have never been able to get this close at all. I must smell badly to them. rolleyes1.gif

    rolleyes1.gifMaybe you just smellrolleyes1.gif(Old Spice...etc.)

    Thanks, Stephen. :D
  • deb22deb22 Registered Users Posts: 428 Major grins
    edited May 7, 2010
    That is a very cute baby. I have not seen the little ones close up,boy are they adorable, I would have been tempted too.
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited May 8, 2010
    Here is a nice article about...

    [FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]The Precocious Killdeer[/FONT]
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited May 10, 2010
    Giphsub wrote: »
    Very nice Ric! That chick shot is too cute clap.gif

    Thanks a lot, Mike. :D
  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited May 10, 2010
    Super cute chick shot, Ric! clap.gif
    Glenn

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  • bhowdybhowdy Registered Users Posts: 658 Major grins
    edited May 11, 2010
    Very cool Ric .... The chick will be just fine. You get the awwww shot award
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited May 16, 2010
    deb22 wrote: »
    That is a very cute baby. I have not seen the little ones close up,boy are they adorable, I would have been tempted too.

    Thanks for commenting, Deb. :D
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2010
    raptorcaptor wrote: »
    Super cute chick shot, Ric! clap.gif

    Thanks, Glenn! :D

    I've always dug "cute chicks".mwink.gif
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