Killdeer a member in good standing of the Plover family – Bosque del Apache N.M.

“Hello, Noticing you looking back at me to see if I was looking back at you to see if you were looking back at me took up most of my morning. I nearly missed lunch. By the way did I mention you are very good-looking. Well yes, thank you, I may be good-looking too but, no, stop it, you’re too kind, really, I couldn’t help noticing you there and now I just can’t stop looking at you. It’s as if I am looking at myself but a more handsome version. Yes I do come here often. Well it’s been wonderful seeing you here too, but I have to go now. Perhaps I’ll see you here again later? Great, you are a handsome devil”.

Overheard at the Bosque del Apache wildlife refuge center. I would imagine you never knew Killdeer thought so highly of themselves but these are some of the things you learn as you study the wildlife around you. I knew that they tended to be self-centered but this is a whole new character trait that demands further investigation. The entire conversation above was taken verbatim from the field notes of one of our top wildlife researchers and will be used as a part of our grant proposal to obtain funds to explore whether other animals have idiosyncrasies that can be exploited for monetary gain.

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