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Order Limicolae
Plovers Family Charadriidae
N Killdeer
Date Apr 23 1919
Set M 39
COV No. 273
Local Webb Arroyo Deco sand gravel bank below 60 incb commenced
nest eggs laid among stones and gravel debris
Collby Elden Miller RSM
Rem Bird famed broken wing
made great fuss
N Killdeer
Date May 20 1922
Set M 38 A3
COV No. 273
Local Nigar Dough L.A. Cor Cal.
Nest eggs laid in a cow foot print
Rem. a few bits of straw gathering
bird made very little fuss
no more than when feeding.
commonly (Penny bird)
N Killdeer
Date 6/18/22
Set M. 59/3
COV No. 273
Local Buena Vista Lk Ximenez Cal.
And Commenced
Collby C.J. Van Rossem RSM
Just on shore ground
Run 50 ft above water
Bird was not expected at all.