Killdeer 2. Maylew 1950 April 26 Conaway Ranch, 2 miles east of Woodland, Yolo Co., Calif. them for approximately 20 seconds. Suddenly the or dipped his tail beneath here for not more than 4 or 5 seconds, then jumped to the ground. Both of them then wiggled their tails, fluffed their feathers and ran off the side of the road. 1 a nest containing 4 eggs was found about 2 feet north of the road on top of the levee forming the south boundary of the ranch. The eggs were in a depression in the ground, surrounded by many small rocks about the size of the eggs. I startled the ? off the nest as I drove by, but by stopping about 50 yards beyond, the ? returned to the nest, by which means I was able to find it. April 27 2 a ? is in the process of making her nest in the gravel between the tire tracks on the main levee road about 1 mile south of headquarters. She seems to push the pebbles with her breast to make a depression in the sand and pebbles. I saw her use a foot to push a pebble out behind her. On examination of the nest I find a depression about 2 inches deep, going right down to the solid soil beneath. This is the deepest nest I have yet seen for a killdeer. 3 Another killdeer nest with 4 eggs in it was found at the south edge of the paved road along the drainage ditch about 1/2 mile east of the poleline bridge (north side of ditch).