Thanks Al & Linda. Didn't realize it was the males doing the wounded thing. Are you sure they're okay with hundreds of people all at once though? He was squawking a lot. -Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al & Linda Warfield" <warfield101@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 10:47 AM Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: killdeer at Lewis Ginter > Mary, > > The people at Ginter already know about the nest. It's been there this time > of year for at least the last two years, and there may be more this year > than last. We were there about a week ago and saw it then. The birds don't > really mind people - they are used to them. The supervisor said he worked > right next to it and they didn't even flinch. We got within a few feet and > took pictures - non flash of course. The males do that limping wounded stuff > but the females on the nests just stay there. > > Al & Linda Warfield > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Davis" <madanthony3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 11:08 PM > Subject: [va-richmond-general] killdeer at Lewis Ginter > > > Last night I attended the first Thurs. night concert of the season at Lewis= > Ginter Botanical Gardens. During the break, as people swarmed to the rest= > rooms in the library building, I noticed the cry of a killdeer at the back = > of the crowd. Sure enough, she was there in the grass feigning her injury.= > Some curious folks stopped to look and moved on. It seems there was no h= > arm done, but I felt so bad for her in a panic for 3 hours as hundreds of p= > eople milled about near her nest. If anyone is in contact with administrat= > ors/caretakers at the Gardens, maybe you could ask them to look for the nes= > t and perhaps rope off the area for the next concert. The concerts now tak= > e place on the lawn between the conservatory and the path by the lake. The= > killdeer was near the flower beds that are not yet filled on the far right= > as you would walk up the path from the visitor center to the conservatory.= > There are double flowering tulips in that bed if that helps them at all, = > but the nest could be anywhere in the beds around that grassy area. > > Thanks, > Mary Davis > > > You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to > va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject > field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please visit, > //www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general. > > > You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to > va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please visit, //www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general. > You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please visit, //www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general.