Two killdeers have again returned to the Wilson softball field to lay their eggs. Over the next month they will hatch and the chicks will be without flight for about a month. Last year they hatched four chicks but two were caught by dogs who were off leash in the area.
Since the killdeer is a protected species by the US Migratory Bird Act, Jamie Repasky, the science coordinator at Rieke Elementary, wants to put out a message to the community to keep their dogs on leash in the area for the next month or two.