© Walter
Bauer, Sugar Land, Texas - 1998
Field Marks: This noisy breeding
plover of much of Texas is larger than the other "ringed" plovers. It
has two black breast bands instead of one. In flight, displays a golden-red
rump, longish tail, and white wing stripe.
Voice: Noisy with a loud insistent
kill-deeah, repeated; a plaintive dee-ee which rises; dee-dee-dee, etc. Also has
a low trill.
Where found: Canada south to central
Mexico to the West Indies. It also can be found in Peru. It is a migrant in the
North.
Texas: Resident in all parts.
Habitat: Fields, airports, parking lots, riverbanks, mudflats, shores.
Nest: A scrape on the ground in a plowed field, bald spot in pasture, gravel shore, roadway, driveway, etc. Lays (4)eggs which are spotted.