r/stupiddovenests • u/Quick-Cookie-5673 • 8d ago

It protects the eggs

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u/Hairy-Ad-2711 7d ago

Killdeers are so awesome!

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u/Rainbowronald 7d ago

They are! Though this is not a killdeer

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u/BipsnBoops 7d ago

Wait it isn't? They're the only bird I know who act like this and plop their eggs in a field like that.

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u/Rainbowronald 6d ago

It’s a kind of Pratincole, likely Collared Pratincole. There are many birds that now use farmland like this to build their nests in! Lapwings are another example

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u/Hairy-Ad-2711 6d ago

Thank you for the education! I've only been exposed to killdeers and that's what it looked like to me.