Talk:Killdeer

Main Picture
Requesting the main picture for this article gets updated I am still learning how to edit and will try and update the main picture in a bit. Just wanted to let the team know about the issue. VarietyCichlid (talk) 15:51, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Discussion
Requesting picture of an injury-feigning display

I am totally a fan of dividing a page into sections, and the article needs that. Also, with the killdeers diet; is it purely insects, or arthropods, or invertebrates in general? Cynops 14:44, 27 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Since they are short-billed and hunt in dry habitats by sight, you would assume that insects formed the bulk of their diet, but Shorebirds gives no food info. jimfbleak 15:09, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Injury-feigning display picture
Weblink: ---96.229.184.69 (talk) 22:00, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
 * http://www.flickr.com/photos/junkchest/46530915/ (Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic)

Returning to nesting grounds
Would an ornithologist happen to know whether these birds return to their original nesting grounds after migration? I have seen a 'family' of killdeer return to a relatively small plot of land for generations, and wonder if this is truly indicative of the species, or if I am simply seeing completely different, unrelated families, and it is all coincidental. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.50.72.8 (talk) 11:15, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

How long is the gestation period after the eggs are laid? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.228.107.222 (talk) 00:21, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Nesting Section
the incubation period is about 22-28 days The nesting section was copied and pasted from the website it cited. I'm working on rephrasing, expanding, and adding more references to the section. It may take several edits. Altamel (talk) 00:23, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Do killdeers also dive-bomb potential predators?
Do these also dive-bomb potential predators to distract them away from nests, or do only swallows do that? DMahalko (talk) 22:52, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * In my experience, no. Get too close and they'll squawk at you. Get too too close and they'll run and do their distraction routine. NTox · talk 19:53, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

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Railroad Ballast and Eggs
Has any study been done? In my work experience they routinely lay their eggs alongside railroad tracks in South Eastern Louisiana in a brilliant display of camoflauge — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.183.218.37 (talk) 23:47, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

TFAR
Today's featured article/requests/Killdeer --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:35, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

Spelling
I see the matter of spelling was brought up in the FAR but not addressed properly. Better late than never. The article used to be written in American English, so WP:RETAIN is applicable. The subject also is predominantly associated with the US rather than any other English-speaking country. So why would it be in British English? Frustrating that we have these quality control processes which then aren't used properly. --MarchOrDie (talk) 06:33, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Nest temperature
Under Breeding, the 2-6 degree C nest cooling factor is converted to F with +32 included; it should not be. The F range should be 3.6-10.8 (or rounded). Brian wessels (talk) 11:14, 3 April 2019 (UTC). Someone used an absolute temperature conversion not differential temperature. Its best rounded to 4 to 11F.
 * I added the template using C-change, which correctly converts temperature differences.IAmNitpicking (talk) 13:31, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Congratulations
Congratulations to all the editors who helped this article get to featured status. I personally loved killdeers as a child and caught and relased a few little ones (adorable) and then gave them back to their mom. Great article. Best Regards,   Barbara    ✐  ✉  21:07, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Accurate Description?
The article says, "Its upperparts are mostly brown with rufous fringes", but how accurate is that really? I think a good amount of Killdeer lack the rufous edging and instead have plain brown feathers. It seems that southern individuals of the Killdeer are more likely to have rufous coverts, whereas Northern individuals tend to have plainer brown feathers. Is that something that should be mentioned? Aythya affinis (talk) 19:28, 13 October 2021 (UTC)