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The killdeer watches to the left, the great blue heron watches to the right. Not matched in size but certainly in alertness.

killdeer

Bright orange-red eyering marks the killdeer / Charadrius vociferus.
Vociferus in the scientific name can be defined as “crying out noisily” and this bird does so with its loud frequent killdeee, kildeee call.