Killdeer are migratory visitors to Rave Rocks Ecological Reserve. Their calls are often heard at nigth in the spring

Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Sub-Phylum Vertebrata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Charadriidae
Subfamily Charadriinae
Genus Charadrius
Species vociferus
Common Name: Killdeer

reference link: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Killdeer_dtl.html

Other Members of the Class Aves at Race Rocks.

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April 2009 Garry Fletcher