The decorative gravel beds that surround St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Ninth Street and First Corso, provided a nesting site for a mother killdeer.
Her fledging, about 25 days old, is challenged to make it across the busy First Corso intersection to the shady, green grass of the Farmers Bank.
According to the “Birds of Nebraska Field Guide” by Stan Tekiela, the killdeer is called a shore bird, but often lives in vacant fields and along railroads.
The chick was able to follow parents and peck for insects soon after birth.
