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| American Golden Plover |
Rick and I spotted this flock while tilling the field so Bob could plant. At first we thought we'd stirred up a quail covey (they've been flushed from the fence-line of this field in the past) but upon inspecting the pictures, we realized they were something we'd never seen before. A little research ID'd them as Golden Plovers, a shorebird with one of the longest migrations in the world. They spend the winter at the southern part of Brazil, but nest north of the arctic circle, and along the way, they like to hang out in freshly tilled fields.
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