Not the year for the Killdeer

When the CSA was up and running we used have a fenced half acre under cultivation.  The unplanted areas were favorites for nesting killdeers.  They would dig a shallow depression and lay their eggs. When we approached they would kick up a fuss and feign injury to lead us away from the nest.  The fence kept the predators away and we soon would have little killdeers running behind the adults.

This year a killdeer dug their nest in our gravel driveway. Unfortunately the depression was empty when I checked the other day.  Too bad, as those little ones are really cute:  run, run, run, stop...run, run, run, stop...repeat.....