Killdeer Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: Killdeer are one of those underappreciated species, one that provides a lot of color and "life" when they're around. And when they're around, they certainly let you know it! There's a reason their scientific name is Charadrius vociferous. My favorite photo of the species is from the shores of Wall Lake in western Minnehaha County, on an icy morning where the shoreline itself had some cool ice crystals that had formed. From April 14th, 2019.

Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus


Killdeer 1	Killdeer 2	Killdeer 3	Killdeer 4
April 25th, 2003	July 4th, 2004	April 30th, 2005	July 1st, 2006
Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Lake Thompson, South Dakota	Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota
Adult Killdeer taking a bath	Killdeer walking in a soybean field	Bird on muddy shoreline of a small wetland	Baby Killdeer hidden in the grass

Killdeer 5	Killdeer 6	Killdeer 7	Killdeer 8
July 1st, 2006	February 13th, 2008	February 13th, 2008	July 11th, 2008
Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota	Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama	Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama	Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Baby Killdeer crouched down in the grass	Bird in flight over Gulf of Mexico waters	Bird in flight over Gulf of Mexico waters	Young first year bird on edge of gravel road

Killdeer 9	Killdeer 10	Killdeer 11	Killdeer 12
July 11th, 2008	April 11th, 2010	April 13th, 2011	April 13th, 2011
Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Young first year bird on edge of gravel road	Adult Killdeer on a gravelly beach	Profile of adult killdeer on rocky shoreline	Profile of adult killdeer on rocky shoreline

Killdeer 13	Killdeer 14	Killdeer 15	Killdeer 16
May 27th, 2018	April 19th, 2020	April 19th, 2020	May 17th, 2020
Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Lincoln County, South Dakota
Baby Killdeer walking along edge of a wetland	Adult bird foraging in a flooded field	Adult bird foraging in a flooded field	Profile of an adult Killdeer in shallow water

Killdeer 17	Killdeer 18	Killdeer 19	Killdeer 20
April 23rd, 2017	April 23rd, 2017	April 14th, 2019	April 14th, 2019
Western Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Western Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Wall Lake, South Dakota	Wall Lake, South Dakota
Adult foraging in a shallow wetland	Standing in knee deep water at edge of a lake	Walking along a foam-lined beach	Foraging along a foam-lined beach

Killdeer 21	Killdeer 22	Killdeer 23
July 4th, 2020	June 13th, 2020	June 13th, 2020
Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Adult Killdeer standing in dewey grass	Fuzzy juvenile standing in a wetland	Immature bird walking through shallow wetland