Can Killdeer move their eggs to another nets?

Question

I work around nesting Killdeer. Several times I have been watching a nest for a few days, then the eggs are gone. It's too soon for them to have hatched, there are no shell fragments, and no eggs.

Answer 1

Our Killdeer eggs are gone this morning too.  The other night I sent my husband out to scare a racoon away from their nest- we woke up from the mother's noise so I'm hoping the racoon didn't come back.  It was close to hatching time so maybe they hatched but I don't know where the egg shells would be.

Answer 2

Same here, the eggs are gone...no egg fragments! Could they have moved them in their beaks? I hope the predators didn't get them, we have had alot of Crows around and Squirrels (I know they eat eggs), it's sad!