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Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) exhibits broken-wing distraction display, anti-predator behavior to focus attention away from nearby young. Lake Erie. Ottawa NWR, Ohio, U.S.A.
© Thomas Kitchin & Victoria Hurst/leesonphoto
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