This is so cool!

As a pair of killdeer birds protected their eggs, the cordoned-off area became an opportunity to teach students about environmental stewardship, adaptation and compassion.

A Killdeer nest in a kindergarten playground at Wadsworth Elementary teaches compassion, adaptation, and conservation.

The City of Oshawa had to partially close the BMX track at Rose Valley Community Park on June 18 after receiving some ...

For four years, Lockport, Illinois, residents Ray and Shelly Romolt have stared out their window at an empty lot, waiting for ...

(June 18, 2026) Soapbox alert: It’s baby bird season again. Specifically, baby beach birds. Just in the last two or three days, baby Piping Plover, baby Killdeer and baby American Oystercatchers began ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Sometimes, you don't know which of your neighbors you will have to protect. The Chicago Tribune reported that ...

Our Times News region is not blessed with sandy beaches, ocean bays, mud flats, nor proximity to the ocean. But that doesn’t mean that we can’t find any species of plovers here. The most commonly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Ohio, the shorebirds are one of the largest bird groups, with 47 species thus far documented. Most plovers and sandpipers – the ...

In Ohio, the shorebirds are one of the largest bird groups, with 47 species thus far documented. Most plovers and sandpipers – the bulk of our shorebirds – are strictly pass-through visitors. Species ...

Conservationists have the opportunity to support Ohio wildlife by purchasing the 2026 Ohio Wildlife Legacy Stamp. The stamp, which is on sale now, features a killdeer and its fledgling, according to a ...