Detroit birds

Identifying the birds of Detroit The Common Kildeer A bird most of us have seen in the open fields or oddly enough, hanging out in construction sites. Kildeers are known for two things: Their slightly annoying cry which seems to begin at 4am on the first day of spring and continue nonstop until mid-January the following year when the damn things' vocal chords freeze over. The "wounded wing" act, wherein the male will fake an old football injury in the hopes that you will follow him to the nearest late-night clinic that accepts his HMO. It rarely works as most…