OMG ! ! ! !

Yesterday as I was driving towards town I saw what I thought was a small songbird in the middle of the road. When I got right up to it I realized it was a newly hatched Killdeer racing to catch up to mom and a sibling. Thinking I'd probably run the baby over I pulled over and walked back. Amazingly the tiny thing was moving as fast as it could and finally joined the group. I was glad the trio made it across the busy highway but cautioned the parent to find a better place to hatch her babies other than near such a dangerous place.

Baby Killdeer look like colored cottonballs on toothpicks and weigh not much more than a thought.