1 Nesting in the Middle of a Parking Lot

I found a killdeer nesting right in the middle of the parking lot of a big Lowe's. There were little squares of dirt with sparse grass and small trees throughout the cement parking lot. I saw this killdeer first. With cars going by 2 feet away. The bird jumped up and ran to a different square making that trilling sound. There was not a nest under it but I started looking at each square of dirt.
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferous)
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Taken on: April 15, 2019

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Camera: Olympus E-3, f/7.0, 1/320 sec, 400mm, ISO 125 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus E-3
Aperture:	f/7.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	400mm
ISO:	125
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	On, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Version 1.1
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