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Killdeer, female

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Date: July 19, 2005 This female killdeer raised four young from a nest in a horse pasture. The temperature reached well over 100 degrees while she was brooding, and she crouched over the eggs all day in the sun, shading them, leaving only at sundown for water.

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Posted by Elizabeth Moon on July 13, 2007 07:16. Last updated: December 16, 2008 04:20.

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