30-06-2018 23:41 via ottawacitizen.com

Killdeer couple and the kids are tuning up to exit long before Bluesfest begins

It appears the killdeer will have safely flown the coop by the time the first note is struck at Bluesfest 2018.
Festival organizers told this newspaper Saturday that three of the four eggs in the famous bluesnest had hatched and that the fourth was expected to hatch before nightfall.
The young birds usually gain their independence extremely quickly, and it was expected the nest would be abandoned within 24 hours after the last egg had hatched.
The first Bluesfest acts take to the stage on July 5
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