Killdeer on the Rocks

Killdeer having been hanging out at and around Bush Terminal Park for a while now. They nest in a huge lot slated for a big film & TV studio, with, appropriately for such a manufactory of fantasy, a highly-suspect number of created jobs being. The one above was foraging along the edge of the water, in an area originally fenced off, but now, like the rest of the park, an (illegally) off-leash free-for-all for dogs.

Here is one in the nesting area. This area is fenced off, except lately the gate is open at one end (although I haven’t seen people or dogs in there yet). Presumably this will be the last year of nesting there.