June 27, 2006 at 7:52 pm
#21365
imported_refuge821
Participant
Killdeer are easily stressed but if you have to move the nest, the time to do it is with the eggs. Here’s an example of it being done with great care to build the nest back and position the eggs just like the parent bird had them:
http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Condor/files/issues/v028n04/p0176-p0176.html
As you can see at this link, moving it with the babies in the nest would not be an option:
http://www.wildliferescue.ca/Stories/Killdeer_baby_pulls_through.htm
If you are successful, please let me know with a response to this post.
Thanks!
Donna