I’m absolutely fascinated by the natural world in and around the Highland Mall. Yesterday, while passing by Kickbutt Coffee, which is adjacent to the mall, I saw a couple of killdeer babies running around in the parking lot.
They were quite cute. Like little fuzzy cottonballs with toothpick legs.
It’s not at all unusual to see the adult killdeer in that area. I see them late at night as I bike through the parking lots. They run along the asphalt as if there were no difference at all with the fields and meadows they normally inhabit.
When the mother killdeer saw me snapping pictures of her babies, she did the whole "look at me, my wing’s broken and I can’t get away" routine.
As if I were born freaking yesterday.