What on earth could be more popular than a top-ranked team of electric cooperative lineworkers winning the state lineman rodeo? Apparently the fate of a tiny shorebird nesting smack-dab in the middle of one of the South Carolina co-op’s parking lots.
Berkeley Electric Cooperative Killdeer Nest Photos
A clutch of killdeer eggs is easily camouflaged in Berkeley Electric Cooperative's gravel parking lot for line trucks and forklifts at Johns Island. (Photo Courtesy: Berkeley Electric Cooperative)
A mother killdeer scratched out a nest in Berkeley Electric's parking lot for line trucks and forklifts at Johns Island. She can sit on the nest for a month. (Photo Courtesy: Berkeley Electric Cooperative)
Berkeley Electric Cooperative used cones to cordon off a killdeer's tiny nest scratched out in its gravel parking lot at its Johns Island district office. (Photo Courtesy: Berkeley Electric Cooperative)
A tiny killdeer fledging roams Berkeley Electric's gravel parking lot where its mother scratched out a nest. The co-op is taking extra care to avoid the birds, which may hang out near their nest for a month. (Photo Courtesy: Berkeley Electric Cooperative)
Schoolchildren from Charleston heard the story of the killdeers nesting in Berkeley Electric's parking lot and took a field trip to deliver signs to help the co-op protect the birds. (Photo Courtesy: Berkeley Electric Cooperative)
PublishedApril 28, 2023