our town pool is open this weekend for memorial day. it's surrounded by a chain link fence. so we are walking around the slide and i hear this bird yelling! i look around and found it on the ground right next to the fence on the outside! was dancing around and yelling at EVERYONE! other people said it was a Killdeer. yes, she faked a hurt wing to lead kids away who were looking and then would up and fly. her nest has 2 eggs and is about 1 inch from the fence!!!! What can we do? can i pick up the nest and move it a few feet away under a tree? do i leave it? any suggestions to help her out. pool is only open weekends till mid junt then it's everyday. will she move the babies once they hatch? or should i just leave her and let her be?

A couple of saw horses might work. Far enough away so as not to attract a predators attention but to keep people far enough away. Or 4 posts and some surveyors tape.

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I swear the killdeer are stupid. They have nested on the PLAYGROUND at the kids school.

I have heard people to say to do nothing special, the mom will try another nest somewhere if this one is not successful.

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