What is with these moms?!

I know we are a rock yard and we have a lot of stone laying around but I guarantee I could find thousands of comfy places around here to call home if I were an animal. So what is with these moms having their babies in the worst places possible! Peng had her babies in a pile of boulders and now this silly bird!!

MaryBeth went to load some pea gravel and came across a Killdeer. Every year they make their nests around the yard. When we come across a nest we build a barrier around it to keep the mom and her eggs safe.

When the mom sees you she acts wounded and leads you away from the eggs.

This is the first time a bird chose a pea gravel pile to call home.

Smart mom because she did not even have to collect sticks and grass to make a nest!

MaryBeth had to move the eggs from on top of the pea gravel. Baby bird eggs and bucket loaders do not mix well. Hopefully, the mom is on top of things and will find her eggs. We took lots of gravel over so hopefully the human smell was blocked.