“Pull Over Plover”

 

Somewhere between the echoing foghorn off Race Point and the moans of Gov’t Bell buoy outside the ferry slip; if you listen very carefully during the cacophony of swirling Grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds you just might hear the high pitched and the drawn out piping  of “kill deer- kill deer-kill deer”.

I have been neck and neck with this Upland Plover as I scout out returning Oyster Catcher pairs this week. Up east, atop dunes at the Big Club, scurrying across the airport runway, even teasing me when I sighted one running for home plate at the softball field!

I had nearly given up trying to capture this “flighty” shorebird on camera when this evening, a Killdeer happened to just casually walk over from the Parade Grounds and join me….for just a second.