You know when the Willets have come back to Cape Cod in the spring. They are loud and chatty and their calls fill the air. (Click on blog link for other photos.)
When standing still, the Willets are a grey color, but when they open their wings, they are spectacular with black and white wings.
They remind me of those lawn ornaments when they are flying, where the black and white wings start going round and round in the wind.
“An unmistakable voice, combining the insistent petulance of a hungry chipmunk with the lyrical rhythms of a whip-poor-will.” Have you seen or heard the Willets this year?
Willett parenting 🙂
“Females lay an average of four olive-colored eggs into a grass-covered depression in the ground. About two to three weeks after the chicks hatch, the female abandons the nest. The male remains for about two more weeks to care for them.”
https://www.chesapeakebay.net/discover/field-guide/entry/willet