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Eggs in a killdeer nest. Many shorebirds, such as killdeer, simply form a shallow depression on the ground and lay their eggs in it. This shallow depression is called a 'scrape.'
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Citation: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed November 25, 2009 at http://animaldiversity.org.
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