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Enchanted Learning® Photoblog      Posted March 30, 2012   10:12 pm

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Killdeer in the Grass
 
Killdeer in the Grass

A killdeer looking for food in the grass. You can see the beautiful red eye ring. These birds are named after their call which, with a little imagination, sounds like:
kil-deer, kil-deer, kil-deer, ....

Scientific name: Charadrius vociferus
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Date taken: March 26, 2012
Place taken: Mercer Island, WA, USA
Mitchell Spector
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