songbird said:


usually they are hatched and gone before
i can get a picture of them. today i happened
to be lucky and got a few pictures of them
as they were hatching out. two of the four
were hatched when i first checked and then
i went back a while later and checked again
and the rest were hatched.

http://www.anthive.com/killdeer/killdeer.html

I imagine the parents the parents were doing that "OH!! LOOK OVER
HERE AT THE POOR CRUSHED BIRD!!" act while you were taking
the pictures. (I am always amazed at how "stepped on" they manage
to look.)

--
Pat in Plymouth MI

"Yes, swooping is bad."

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