Physical Description:

Lanky, with slender wings and very long tail; orange rump and double black breastband. Brown above and white below; blackish bill. Black legs and feet.

Habitat:

Open country, plowed fields, golf courses, and short grass prairies.

Feeding Habits:

Alternately runs, then stands still as if to look and listen, then suddenly picks at the ground with its bill.

Killdeer eat 98% insects: beetles, cotton-boll weevils, grasshoppers, caterpillars, ants, dragonflies, worms, snails, crabs.