Kildeer

[Anonymous-0]

Does anyone have any suggestions on getting rid of
some really nuisance kildeer. I was out firing up
the tractor, mowing a little lawn, out and about..
Every year I have these kildeer running around,
mating, nesting, and then they don't go away.
Constant squawking and complaining and the old
broken wing trick.
I've tried the fake owl, the robins seem to keep
them at bay, but once the young leave the nest the
robins take off.

 

[Nebraska Cowman]

I guess I never thought of them as a nuisance, I enjoy seeing the buggers around.

 

[Dick L]

I love to have them around. I get a kick out of them playing injured when I am out mowing close to a nest.

 

[LonM]

I agree with the others- I look forward to seeing the kildeer, meadowlarks and robins every spring. I try to dodge their nests when working ground in the spring.

 

[fixerupper]

Little baby Kildeer are cuter'n a button. I've always kind of enjoyed them. Saw one on a nest in a graveled parking lot at a small truck stop in Kansas once. I doubt if the eggs made it to hatching but? Jim

 

[pete black]

of the plover family of birds

 

[Paul from MI]

I've always tried to farm around their nests. They are such a good example of mother natures camoflage, really hard to spot 'em. The little ones look like puff balls about as big a a golf ball, only really fast on their little legs. As long as I'm farming they have a home here.

 

[Tom in TN]

I'll add my opinion of really liking Kildeer. I smile every time I see one running on the driveway or on a bare spot in the pasture. They just tickle me with the way they move.

Tom in TN

 

[gtractorfan]

The birds that really annoy me are swarms of blackbirds that hang around and squawk all day.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Well I am glad you all like them, I do not and will find a way to get rid of them myself.

 

[pete black]

i suspect there in no advice forth coming.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I suspect your right

 

[john in la]

A dog or cat roming the area should scare them off. Or if you can find the nest some dog urine should do the trick.
Never tried it cause they do not bother me and eat insects.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I am going to go with a shot gun with some deer slugs

 

[Old-F20]

i guess im in the minority 'cuz i cant stand the squaking things either. all they do is make noise


i think there is truth to the dogs and cats comment because i dont have any near my house at all. i have to go a ways out in the field before i find any.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Momma killdeer's butt is mother nature's xerox machine! She whirrs and buzzes a little, and produces an egg, that looks just like the surface she lays it on! She would sacrifice her own life, to protect her own, unlike some humans. I marvel at them, they aren't out that long in spring, then come back to do the same thing a couple months later. If at all possible, I leave them alone, they don't hurt anything.

 

[MI AC Parsons]

now you are talkin' re blackbirds. I have grackles, redwing, cowbirds and starlings at my feeder. Then comes blue jays, red bellys, cardinals, and finches...all's well again

 

[pete black]

For me the brown headed cowbird is the worst.

 

[ben there]

i saw one the other day in back pasture...havent seen one since i left Galveston back in '79

 

[sixtyninegmc]

(quoted from post at 17:20:22 04/20/13) running around,
mating, nesting, and then they don't go away.
Constant squawking and complaining

Sounds like some of my neighbors, and I can`t shoot at `em for it.

 

[T in NE]

Probably not. They could set out some cones and marked around it with orange spray paint and some butthead would run them over just to run them over.