Nebraskaland

June 2020 • Nebraskaland 27 ABOVE: Killdeer chicks are precocial, leaving their nest soon after hatching. A parent vocalizes to keep chicks close on this mudfl at in early August 2019. LEFT: I was up to my knees and elbows photographing this frog at eye level the morning after exceptionally heavy rains fl ooded low lying grassy areas of Holmes Park, July 4, 2018. OPPOSITE LEFT: Sharp talons and backlit plumage of a roosting red-tailed hawk are featured in this photo taken at the east end of Holmes Lake in late August 2018.

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