so a killdeer decided to make its nest on top of a rock pile outside of our job trailer on a site out in siler city. well last night i had a really vivid dream that one of the eggs hatched and sure enough, one of them did hatch last night!

im hoping i have some dreams about some lottery numbers tonight

6/18/2010 8:23:28 AM

that's pretty cool

6/18/2010 8:25:18 AM

You the man now dawg.

6/18/2010 8:45:21 AM

another one just hatched, only 2 more to go

6/18/2010 9:36:54 AM

hah, i just now noticed the chicks and eggs in the rocks

6/18/2010 9:57:03 AM

Brief rant about Siler City:

What's the deal with the 8th street, 8th avenue, 8th road, and 8th boulevard? Can't y'all get some different names?

6/18/2010 10:08:58 AM

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"hah, i just now noticed the chicks and eggs in the rocks "

seriously, i was about to post and ask why the fuck that baby chick was so big

i see the baby now, OMG SO CUTE

6/18/2010 10:10:19 AM

Mom does not look happy

6/18/2010 10:10:52 AM

read it as

kiljadn hitched!

and was all "dowatnow"

6/18/2010 10:12:17 AM

is it doing its injured bird distraction in that picture? if so thats very cool.

6/18/2010 10:13:02 AM

no, its doing the im gona peck your fuckin eyes out if you dont get away from my nest in that picture. but yea, when it does that its pretty funny. and they do it a lot since there is a lot of foot traffic around the nest. ill post more pics of them as they grow

6/18/2010 11:15:27 AM

6/18/2010 12:06:12 PM

way cool; thanks for making sure to get pics!

6/18/2010 12:08:04 PM

Rocks seem like an odd cushion for eggs.

6/18/2010 12:10:15 PM

Those things will straight fuck you up.

They do not like things getting near dat nest.

6/18/2010 12:14:23 PM

That's awesome! We have a tufted titmouse nest in one of our bluebird boxes this year. They hatched a while ago and I think they may have fledged already. We also have our second batch of bluebird babies in our other bluebird house. They had 5 babies survive earlier this year and they have 5 babies again, but they haven't left the nest yet. I hope they all make it.

6/18/2010 12:16:45 PM

When I lived in NJ way back when a Killdeer set up its nest on the corner of our gravel driveway. It was cool having it there and funny when it'd fuss at us.

This spring a robin made its nest in a bush in the front of our house and had 3 chicks. They're all gone now though

6/18/2010 12:28:58 PM

in before the heavy machinery destroys them

6/18/2010 1:10:27 PM

Some summers ago, one of these birds hatched some eggs at my parents place. Since then, all you can hear during the spring/summer is them flying around, squawking the whole time. All the roads at my parent's house are gravel so there is a nest at each turn it seems. Whenever we drive around, or even walk around, the mother goes into the whole "I'm wounded over here get away from my nest." Routine.

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"Rocks seem like an odd cushion for eggs."

But easy to make a nest on the ground.

6/18/2010 2:57:01 PM

all 4 have hatched, but ive only been able to find one of them. i got a short video uploading now of him running around

6/19/2010 8:35:33 AM

6/19/2010 9:31:51 AM

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"all 4 have hatched, but ive only been able to find one of them"

The other three have been eaten.

6/19/2010 11:59:52 AM

either that or stepped on

6/19/2010 12:39:20 PM

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"read it as kiljadn hitched! and was all "dowatnow""

hahaha cause we all know a playa can't be chained

6/19/2010 12:46:58 PM

so freaking cute!

^and i read that as "dow at now" o.O
aha

6/19/2010 4:29:25 PM