Not long after three of the Killdeer eggs hatched, I was sent to take a book to one of our neighbors. I rode my bike, and on the way back noticed a dead bird on the road. It had been hit by a car and was quite flat :( When I bent down to look at it, I noticed it was one of the baby killdeers. I then went over to check the nest and see if the remaining egg had hatched. It had and both parents were busy taking care of their two youngens. I bent down and talked to it. One of the parents noticed that a "stranger" was too close to their babies and set up an alarm. The other parent quickly did as well and came running across the horse pasture. I wasn't much of a stranger to them, since I had checked on the nest several times during the 'setting' period, but still...they had to follow their instincts. I left so as not to cause the parents more alarm. A few days later, two more chicks died. One of the parents disappeared as well. The remaining parent and chick stuck close together and were happy and content for another couple days. Then one day, I saw the parent, but no chick was in sight. I was busy and figured that it was in the ditch or flower bed where I couldn't see very well. Later, we found out that Corbin had seen it in a hole in the ground alongside a pipe. The chick couldn't get out, since the hole was so skinny so Corbin tried to get it out and couldn't. The chick went under a slab of concrete, so now we couldn't see it either. We didn't lose hope and kept checking it every little while. Then finally the chick stepped out from underneath the slab of concrete, so I could see it again. It was struggling, trying to climb up the pipe. I reached down and slid my fingers under it. Then when I tried to bring it up, it fell forward slightly, so now it was getting stuck in-between the pipe and ground. I slid a wire down and under its bill and lifted its bill gently up. Then slid it out. It was sooo weak, it was like a brandnew chick again. It recovered though quickly and is now following its parent around the pasture.