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Taken during the monthly group walk on Hill Country Conservancy's Nalle Bunny Run wildlife preserve.

The highlight of the morning, and one of the highlights of all the bird walks I've ever led here, was flushing a Chuck-will's-widow off her two eggs on the ground. She flew only a short distance and flopped around, acting injured, to try and lure us away from her eggs. We briefly looked at the eggs and then moved on so she would return to them.

This was only the second time I've found found a Chuck-will's-widow on eggs. I never though the Bunny Run was a viable place for this species to nest, and this was the first time I've even observed the species on the preserve!