I heard, then saw two killdeer fly over near Oberlin in Lorain County
this afternoon. I thought I heard one on the Oberlin College campus
Monday morning, but I decided it was a starling (but didn't see it, so I
can't be sure).  Looks like they may be starting to move in numbers?

Keith Tarvin, Oberlin

Steve wrote:
> I was talking to a friend here is LaRue earlier today and I could have sworn that I heard a Killdeer.
>
> I didn't see it because I didn't want to be rude to my friend and start looking all around for a Killdeer but that anoying kree that they have when they are flying is pretty unforgetable and unmistakeable.  I'm thinking the wind brought it up from somewhere.
>
>
> I don't think that their are any other birds that sound like that are there?   I did do a quick scan for starlings and grackles in the trees above and around me that could be faking that sound, and there weren't any.
>
> Anyway, I guess it's time to start heading out to the wetlands again...before the Eagle starts Nesting. :-)
>
>
> Happy Birding and God Bless
>
> Steve
>
> Ezekiel 17:22-24
>
> 22 " 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will take a shoot from the very top of a cedar and plant it;
> I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
>
> 23 On the mountain heights of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit and become a splendid cedar.
> Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches.
>
> 24 All the trees of the field will know that I the LORD bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall.
> I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish.
>       " 'I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it.' "
>
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