Killdeer Nest
April 2012
 
The first egg was noticed Thursday March 8, 2012. She laid an egg about every other day until the nest was complete with a total of 4 eggs on Thursday March 15. That was the first day the parents started setting on the eggs. Friday April 6 the first chick hatched. It took 7 days to lay all the eggs, 22 days to start hatching, 1 day to complete the hatch, and 1 day to leave the nest. Most birds take more than 2 weeks after hatching to leave the nest.
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