| 单词 | killdeer |
| 例句 | Mr. Whiskers’ response was to chase off after a worm-hungry killdeer. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z But after a while the birds got used to the digging, resettled upon their freckled eggs, and hatched out ten thousand little killdeer that scurried around Cleofes Apodaca’s pit peeping hysterically. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At first the nesting killdeer screeched and whistled in alarm, flying frantically in all directions and repeatedly dive-bombing the mad sheepherder dressed in rags, who paid them no mind. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He trained his calf, Fawn, to come when he whistled like a killdeer. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z There was activity below him now, cattle and horses and sheep moving, the sheep bells clanging, and birds—magpies and bluebirds and killdeer—everywhere. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Which gave him great joy except for one minor consideration: the barking came from underneath the ground in an alfalfa field where a thousand graceful, noisy birds called killdeer were nesting. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The most entertaining species we host is the killdeer, a bird that inhabits farm fields, zipping around on long, wire-thin legs. For a gardener, wildlife can make life a little livelier 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Chimney swift, northern flicker, fish crow, killdeer, Baltimore oriole and gray catbird among them. Who’s that singing? As fall migration arrives, apps that ID birds by sound have taken off 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z During a birdwatching stroll last spring, John Bates spotted a newly hatched killdeer chick. Some birds are laying eggs earlier. Scientists are paying attention. 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Woodpeckers, chickadees, killdeers and hummingbirds are also plentiful. The pleasures of hiking, bird watching and wildlife | Provided by Wesley at Tehaleh 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z This connection of nature to architecture, of birds to buildings, forged in earnest once Wittman asked whether the Troths had “a few pictures” of the killdeer, Pat says. Inspired by the nesting killdeer, Hood Cliff Retreat respects the nature around it — and represents the theme of this year’s Seattle Design Festival 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z In fact, we can’t remember the last time we saw a killdeer. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z These include the killdeer, Wilson’s snipe, black tern, Western grebe and Clark’s grebe. A Major Migratory Bird Habitat Is in Danger 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Environmentalists – who noted that killdeer eggs generally need to be incubated for up to 26 days – were also brought in. Tiny bird threatens one of Canada's biggest music festivals 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z But the bird of the hour was a single killdeer found hunkered down on a Ballona Wetlands sand bar at 10:30 a.m. Bird lovers get together to see how many species they can identify in L.A. in 24 hours 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z Perhaps you do not know — yet — exactly how the killdeer nests. Inspired by the nesting killdeer, Hood Cliff Retreat respects the nature around it — and represents the theme of this year’s Seattle Design Festival 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z A steady influx of bird life from kestrels to killdeer, hummingbirds to hawks, barn owls to black-capped chickadees. Native plants attract birds to your own backyard 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z A killdeer flew high above, and there were cardinals, a little farther away, sticking closer to the ground. Invisible ‘Bird Killer’ Lurks in Revitalized New Jersey Meadowlands 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z What is known is that the young killdeer will likely leave the nest soon after they are hatched, leading many to hope that the eggs might hatch in the next day or so. Tiny bird threatens one of Canada's biggest music festivals 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the disease has killed thousands of waterbirds, as well as nearly 200 bald eagles and a handful of geese, hawks, owls, killdeer, and probably more avian species. Deadly Brain Disease Is Driving Swamp Birds Insane With minimum disruption, fuss and materials, the killdeer crafts a family home. Inspired by the nesting killdeer, Hood Cliff Retreat respects the nature around it — and represents the theme of this year’s Seattle Design Festival 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Those killdeer that the airport works so hard to harass likely wouldn’t be there in the first place if it weren’t for humans. Policing the bird highway 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z It is one of the unique things about the killdeers, Gonzon said. Protected bird sets up nest on rail tracks in Milton 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z For Henderson, that experience was finding a killdeer nest in a cornfield, and then returning to see the newly hatched puffballs. New book shows where to find birds in Minnesota state parks 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z Piping plovers closely resemble the more common killdeer, even to the point of engaging in a broken wing act to lure predators or people away from their nests. Officials monitoring Lake Sakakawea plover nests 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Even if you didn’t know the inspiration for Hood Cliff Retreat, even if you didn’t know anything about our inspiring killdeer, a sense of “nest” emanates from the initial entry. Inspired by the nesting killdeer, Hood Cliff Retreat respects the nature around it — and represents the theme of this year’s Seattle Design Festival 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Ketchikan has had problems with killdeer - “cute little shorebirds,” Scheldt said - nesting in the gravel around the airport. Policing the bird highway 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z The killdeer is not an endangered species, but it is protected under the federal government’s Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. Protected bird sets up nest on rail tracks in Milton 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Shorebirds are a rather loosely defined group that includes familiar species like sandpipers, plovers and killdeers as well as the more exotic avocets, stilts and whimbrels. City Room: A Quiet Beauty Flying By 2013-08-30T18:30:41Z There were plenty of species at street level as well: blue jays, cardinals, American crows, Eastern phoebes, killdeer, loggerhead shrike, kestrel falcons, bronzed cowbirds and, rarest of all, an open-ground woodpecker. The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans Gives New Meaning to ?Urban Growth? 2012-03-22T13:27:22Z If you don't know the little killdeer plover, it is surely not his fault, for he is a noisy sentinel, always ready, night or day, to tell you his name. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Of these the killdeer plover is the most common and the best known. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z Although the killdeer mother is the one sitting on the tracks. Protected bird sets up nest on rail tracks in Milton 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z The silvery treble of the nightingale floated down from afar, and the hilarious killdeers, king of all-night revelers, screamed aloft and flapped their speckled wings in the early starlight. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z All along, the killdeer were darting about, calling loudly and piercingly. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway Some killdeer, however, are hatched in the United States. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z But the most conspicuous and interesting of all these lawn birds are the ring-necked plovers, or killdeers. Under the Maples That treaty between the United States, Mexico and Canada, prohibits hunting, capturing or killing of the killdeer and many other birds protected under the act. Protected bird sets up nest on rail tracks in Milton 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z But it was the first time in his life that he had so interpreted the wild crying of the killdeer plover. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories Across the fields the killdeer were flying, and calling in their shrill, clear notes, which always seem to breathe of the sea. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway With a busy company of friends, the killdeer haunts broad tracts of grassy land, near water-uplands or lowlands, or marshy meadows beside the sea. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The winter of 1888-89 will long be famous in the ornithological annals of New England as the winter of killdeer plovers. The Foot-path Way The killdeer plovers are as noisy in the park as they are in an eastern pasture-field, and almost as plentiful. Birds of the Rockies In the snipe marshes they knew when the first flight dropped in—and murdered a killdeer as he stood. The Adventures of Bobby Orde His voice was clear enough, and it never failed in a speech; but it seemed to reside in his little thirsty throat, and it piped like a killdeer's in its proudest swell. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm I don't believe you'll even take cold from your sudden plunge, for you both ran home like killdeer. Marjorie's Busy Days On getting home we had no difficulty in determining their identity, and each at once sent off to the other the same verdict,—"killdeer plover." The Foot-path Way I saw killdeers frozen to death the third day of that month. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History She was as thin as a killdeer, and looked consumptive, but she knew how to play the organ, you bet. Mitch Miller "Then you sometimes see with eyes not your own, do you, Miss Teezle?" said Lawyer Faddle with a comical leer, and a peculiar pipe of that killdeer voice. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm Why! his head looked like a woodpecker’s, and his tail looked like a chickadee’s, and his legs were long enough for a killdeer!” Exciting Adventures of Mister Robert Robin Soon we heard killdeer cries from the beach, and, looking up, saw the birds, three of them, alighting on the sand. The Foot-path Way The eve is still, Yet from the hill The killdeer echoes loud and shrill. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar Descending a copsy dune from the road, I surprised a brood of young killdeers feeding along the drift at the edge of the wet meadow. Roof and Meadow They are eaten by the Wilson phalarope, avocet, black-necked stilt, pectoral sandpiper, killdeer, and upland plover. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Blackbirds of two or three kinds are found in the marshes, also killdeer, jacksnipe and the ever active and interesting spotted sandpipers. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter I put up my glass and said to myself, "A killdeer plover!" The Foot-path Way Frogs were lazily croaking, and the killdeer's shrill cry came plaintively to the ear. Dorian A barren, stony hillside, or even a last year's corn-field left fallow, is a better-loved breast to the killdeer than the soft brooding breast of the marsh. Roof and Meadow Wireworms and their adult forms, click beetles, are devoured by the northern phalarope, woodcock, jacksnipe, pectoral sandpiper, killdeer, and upland plover. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation A killdeer—bird of the swamps and marshes—what could he be doing in arid and barren Death Valley? Tales of lonely trails Everything is related to everything else, and the self-same power that brought the killdeers to Marblehead sent me there to see them and do them honor. The Foot-path Way The scout seized "killdeer" in his left hand, and elevating it about his head, he shook it in triumph at his enemies. The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 I was still within sound of the bleating killdeers when a rather large, greenish-gray bird flapped heavily but noiselessly from a muddy spot in the grass to the top of a stake and faced me. Roof and Meadow Blackbirds catch them on the ground, as do the killdeer, titlark, meadow lark, and others; while orioles hunt for them on the bolls. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Once, too, sometime late, my listening ear caught faint mournful notes of a killdeer. Tales of lonely trails They's some birds like killdeers an' bobwhites 'at can make things pretty plain, but I never heard a bird 'at could jest speak words out clear an' distinct like that fellow. The Song of the Cardinal I have got back my old companion, 'killdeer'," he added, striking his hand on the breech of his rifle; "and that in itself is a victory. The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 On the first of March, five killdeers flew over in a flock, and a half hour later one straggler crying piteously followed in their wake. At the Foot of the Rainbow Two caterpillar enemies of cotton, the cotton worm and the cotton cutworm, are eaten by the upland plover and killdeer. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation A killdeer sweeping the lake close two o'clock one morning awakened him. The Harvester He dashed to the river bank and told the killdeers, and then visited the underbrush and informed the thrushes and wood robins. The Song of the Cardinal "Ha! that rampaging devil again! there will never be an end of his loping till 'killdeer' has said a friendly word to him." The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 In a basket behind the kitchen stove fifteen newly hatched yellow chickens, with brown stripes on their backs, were peeping and nestling; and on wing the killdeers cried half the night. At the Foot of the Rainbow Adults and larvae of these flies have been found in the stomachs of the dowitcher, the pectoral sandpiper, the hudsonian godwit, and the killdeer. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The red-wings were swarming, the killdeers busy, and he thought of the Dream Girl and smiled. The Harvester He drove a stake to mark the spot where the killdeer hen brooded in the corn field, so that he would not drive Nancy over the nest. The Song of the Cardinal Well, then," added the scout, with the musing air of a man who had not half made up his mind; "I will throw 'killdeer' into the bargain. The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 Then a night hawk screamed, a whip-poor-will complained, a belated killdeer swept the sky, and the night wind sang a louder song. A Girl of the Limberlost Two species of shorebirds, the killdeer and upland plover, still further befriend cattle by devouring the North American fever tick. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation But the killdeer on invisible legs, circling the lake shore, replied instantly; so did the lark soaring above, and the dove of the elm thicket close beside. The Harvester At a dinner in some noble house in England he said that the men servants "moved as quietly as killdeers." John James Audubon Notwithstanding the lively interest Hawkeye had taken in the fate of his messenger, he received "killdeer" with a satisfaction that, momentarily, drove all other recollections from his mind. The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 A killdeer's sharp, rasping note—a familiar sound in St. Augustine—comes from I know not where. A Florida Sketch-Book Two or three solitary cormorants would be shooting back and forth at a furious rate, or swimming in midstream; and sometimes a few spotted sandpipers and killdeer plovers were feeding along the shore. A Florida Sketch-Book "Surely you heard the killdeers crying in the night," prompted the man. The Harvester |
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