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Killdeer Drama

Coloring Sheet
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Two killdeers. One box of crayons.

One bird is faking a broken wing. The other is standing on a rock. You can colour the feathers any colour you want, but the real ones are brown on top and white underneath, with two black stripes across the chest.

Black-and-white outline drawing of two killdeer plovers after John James Audubon's Plate 225. The bird on the left has its wings and tail spread wide in the broken-wing display posture; the bird on the right stands upright on a small rocky outcrop with grasses around its feet.

After John James Audubon, Birds of America, Plate 225 (Robert Havell engraving, 1838). Public domain. Print landscape or portrait, whichever fits the bird best.

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