Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Ohio, the shorebirds are one of the largest bird groups, with 47 species thus far documented. Most plovers and sandpipers – the ...

The killdeer is a member of the plover family and is most closely related to small plovers such as the common semipalmated plover and the endangered piping plover. All belong to the Genus, Charadius, ...

CHICAGO -- For four years, Lockport, Illinois, residents Ray and Shelly Romolt have stared out their window at an empty lot, waiting for the day developers would transform it into a home for new ...

I always do a second take when I see a killdeer skittering across a northern New Hampshire lawn, more than 100 miles from any ocean. These lanky birds look and move like they belong at the shore, ...

A little known bird of Montana's semi-arid short grass plains is the shy mountain plover. This bird is even less known in our southwestern corner of the state. By contrast, its well-known cousin, the ...

In Ohio, the shorebirds are one of the largest bird groups, with 47 species thus far documented. Most plovers and sandpipers – the bulk of our shorebirds – are strictly pass-through visitors. Species ...