killdeers

I can hear the killdeers across the street, and this morning the most melodious singing got me out of bed in time to see the male goldfinch take a nip of seed and fly away.

Birds BunnyKissd 2008

Some birds, such as willets, killdeers, and oystercatchers, stay during the summer along with the ever-present gulls, which you can find all year long.

The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

Some birds, such as willets, killdeers, and oystercatchers, stay during the summer along with the ever-present gulls, which you can find all year long.

The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

Some birds, such as willets, killdeers, and oystercatchers, stay during the summer along with the ever-present gulls, which you can find all year long.

The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

I saw killdeers frozen to death the third day of that month.

Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Various

He dashed to the river bank and told the killdeers, and then visited the underbrush and informed the thrushes and wood robins.

The Song of the Cardinal 1915

They's some birds like killdeers an 'bobwhites' at can make things pretty plain, but I never heard a bird 'at could jest speak words out clear an' distinct like that fellow.

The Song of the Cardinal 1915

I could hear the roosters in the barnyard, the turkey gobbler, and the old ganders screamed once in a while, and sometimes a bird sang a skimpy little fall song; nothing like spring, except the killdeers and larks; they were always good to hear -- and then the dinner bell rang.

Laddie: A True Blue Story 1913

"Surely you heard the killdeers crying in the night," prompted the man.

The Harvester 1911

The red-wings were swarming, the killdeers busy, and he thought of the Dream Girl and smiled.

The Harvester 1911