Killdeer - Emerson Lisboa
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Sawmill Parkway, Powell, Ohio, US
Delaware, Ohio, United States
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Map Coordinates: 40.1679015, -83.0891379
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Observation details

2 precocial chicks seen. The parents were performing the broken wing display and vocalizing. Two more adults entered the parking lot in response, vocalizing as well. Like spottie chicks bobbing their tails like their parents, killdeer chicks apparently pop their heads up whack-a-mole style imitating their parents' "all-clear" signal. Parents guided the chicks to use the ornamental landscaping as cover. At one point the chicks were hiding under their mother. So cute. Pleasant surprise while on my phone in my car in an empty parking lot

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