Night Call of Killdeer? - Arapahoe

[Jared Del Rosso]

While walking through downtown Littleton on Thursday evening, around 6:30 PM, I thought for sure that I heard a single call from a Killdeer. Could this be? Do they call while migrating at night -- or while moving from location to location for the night?

- Jared Del Rosso

Centennial, CO

[David Suddjian]

All plovers and sandpipers can call in flight night or day. 

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On Mar 4, 2023, at 10:52 AM, Jared Del Rosso <jared.d...@gmail.com> wrote:

While walking through downtown Littleton on Thursday evening, around 6:30 PM, I thought for sure that I heard a single call from a Killdeer. Could this be? Do they call while migrating at night -- or while moving from location to location for the night?

- Jared Del Rosso

Centennial, CO

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[modise]

I recently learned a blue jay does a great killdeer imitation…

Bryan Arnold

Jeffco

[Jared Del Rosso]

Was it or wasn't? I've heard a Starling imitate a Killdeer, though never as much like a Killdeer as this call was. And never at night. But I've also never heard a Killdeer in downtown Littleton. Then again, the edge of the city, where I was at the time, is near enough to where one might find the species.

I think a third option is possible -- I heard something that wasn't a bird even, that sounded enough like a Killdeer for me to think it so. 

I lean toward Killdeer, but who knows!

Thanks for the perspectives on this!

- Jared Del Rosso

Centennial, CO