How To Use Killdeer In A Sentence
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However, there were plenty of resident shorebirds hanging out in the lagoon as well, such as the American coot, killdeer, and American avocet.
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You climbed a fence out of the woods and the trail was hard in the sun across the field with cropped grass and sheep sorrel and mullen growing and to the left the quaky bog of the creek bottom where the killdeer plover fed.
Hemingway on Hunting
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From the pictures Bobby identified a killdeer, a finch, a swallow, a grosbeak.
Amends '82: Part Two
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Blackbirds catch them on the ground, as do the killdeer, titlark, meadow lark, and others; while orioles hunt for them on the bolls.
Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation
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In addition, killdeer, pipits and some shorebirds visit the grassy areas of landfills.
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Mallards, ring-necked ducks, killdeer, marbled godwits, and peregrine falcons settle in for the fall.
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Killdeers have brown upperparts, white underparts, and orange rumps.
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These devils will scale heaven to circumvent us to our ruin", said Hawkeye; "keep him in play, boy, until I can bring" killdeer "to bear, when we will try his metal on each side of the tree at once".
The Last of the Mohicans
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In addition, killdeer, pipits and some shorebirds visit the grassy areas of landfills.
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I do not admit the right of the Mingoes to bestow a name on one whose friends have been mindful of his gifts, in this particular; especially as their title is a lie, "killdeer" being a grooved barrel and no carabyne.
The Last of the Mohicans
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Ha! that rampaging devil again! there will never be an end of his loping till" killdeer "has said a friendly word to him".
The Last of the Mohicans
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Lantz said the killdeer is a member of the plover, or shore bird family, and is common in Florida.
Local News from Star-Banner
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Killdeers have brown upperparts, white underparts, and orange rumps.
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The sepulchral boom of the bittern, the shriek of the curlew, the scream of passing brant, the wrangling of quarrelsome teal, the sharp querulous protest of the startled crane, and syllabled complaint of the "killdeer" plover were beyond the power of written expression.
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers
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Mallards, ring-necked ducks, killdeer, marbled godwits, and peregrine falcons settle in for the fall.
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But first, even before I spotted the geese or the fireworks of light on the darkening waters, there was the killdeer on a rock, startling me with its cry that rose above the roar of traffic from the onramp to the freeway nearby.
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Shorebirds are fond of other insect pests of forage and grain crops, including the army worm, which is known to be eaten by the killdeer and spotted sandpiper; also cutworms, among whose enemies are the avocet, woodcock, pectoral and Baird sandpipers, upland plover, and killdeer.
Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation
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Now let the devils strike our scent"! said the scout, tearing two rifles, with all their attendant accouterments, from beneath a bush, and flourishing "killdeer" as he handed Uncas his weapon; "two, at least, will find it to their deaths".
The Last of the Mohicans
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Notwithstanding the lively interest Hawkeye had taken in the fate of his messenger, he received "killdeer" with a satisfaction that, momentarily, drove all other recollections from his mind.
The Last of the Mohicans
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The most common shorebirds were American Oystercatcher and Willet in dapper summer plumage, but at least one Killdeer also winged by.
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The sepulchral boom of the bittern, the shriek of the curlew, the scream of passing brent, the wrangling of quarrelsome teal, the sharp, querulous protest of the startled crane, and syllabled complaint of the "killdeer" plover, were beyond the power of written expression.
Selected Stories of Bret Harte
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The scout seized "killdeer" in his left hand, and elevating it about his head, he shook it in triumph at his enemies.
The Last of the Mohicans
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When he saw his little band collected, the scout threw "killdeer" into the hollow of his arm, and making a silent signal that he would be followed, he led them many rods toward the rear, into the bed of a little brook which they had crossed in advancing.
The Last of the Mohicans
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Soon I started driving to the lake north of town, where I found coot and killdeer, and to my uncle's farm to find rufous-sided towhee and field sparrow.
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The dust on the rutty overgrown road turned to muddy deep puddles as the rain set in and, on evenings when the skies cleared a little, killdeer and nighthawks could be heard once more.
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Killdeer are common in our area; although classified as a shorebird, they are commonly seen nesting in fields, golf courses or parking lots - often far from water.
Marconews.com Stories
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Adults and larvae of these flies have been found in the stomachs of the dowitcher, the pectoral sandpiper, the hudsonian godwit, and the killdeer.
Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation
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In addition, killdeer, pipits and some shorebirds visit the grassy areas of landfills.