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One of my favorite things about birding is that you never quite know what you’re going to find. In June, on a visit to San Joaquin Marsh in Irvine, CA, I spotted a Killdeer that immediately caught my attention. At first, it seemed like a pretty ordinary encounter—a small shorebird standing out in the open, looking completely at home in a place that seemed surprisingly exposed. But when I looked closer, I realized there was probably a reason this particular Killdeer had chosen