David Lipsy:
1001PS Male (R) and Female (L) Killdeer just prior to mating - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1002PS Male (Rear) and Female (Front) Killdeer just prior to mating - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1003PS Male (L) and Female (R) Killdeer face away from each other just prior to mating - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1004PS Male (L) and Female (R) Killdeer just prior to mating - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1005PS The Male Killdeer climbs up onto the female - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1006PS Mating Killdeer - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1007PS Mating Killdeer - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1008PS Mating Killdeer - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1009PS Mating Killdeer - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1010PS Mating Killdeer - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1011PS Mating Killdeer - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1012PS Mating Killdeer - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1013PS Mating Killdeer - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1014PS Mating Killdeer - Afterward the Female fluffs her feathers - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1015PS The Female Killdeer then approaches us - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1016PS The Female Killdeer then backs away and sets down in the grass as if she was sitting on a nest - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1017.1PS This is an un-cropped image to show the distance when we came upon these birds. Keep in mind, I am shooting with a 500mm lens and a crop frame body giving an Effective Focal Length (EFL) of 800mm - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1017PS The Female Killdeer then runs up onto the tracks near us - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1018PS The Female Killdeer then approaches us - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1019PS The Female Killdeer comes closer - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1020PS The Female Killdeer and closer still - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1021PS The Female Killdeer comes so close she fills my lens. She's making such a racket, we knew we were in the wrong place - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1022PS The Female Killdeer comes so close she fills my lens. She's making such a racket, we knew we were in the wrong place - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1023PS The Female Killdeer starts to try to get us to leave... we did not dare move as we realized we were right at the nest site and there were eggs somewhere at out feet! - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1024PS Female Killdeer was hysterical... we didn't dare move. Finally we found the eggs... less than two feet from our feet, nestled in a hollow in a railroad tie - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1025PS Killdeer eggs, 4 of them nestled in a hollow in a railroad tie - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1026PS The female Killdeer once again sitting on her eggs in a hole in a railroad tie - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16
David Lipsy:
1027PS The female Killdeer once again sitting on her eggs in a hole in a railroad tie - Horseshoe Pond Rail Area - Concord, NH 05-04-16