birdingbyJerb322 Killdeer, Southern Wisconsin"Don't look at my eggs! Look at me! I've got a broken wing!" View original on lemmy.world83Comments7
RRai lemmy.dbzer0.com2Hide 2 repliesYou’re telling me that thing murk’d a deer?! (Excellent photographs! I hope the lil guy mends.)5
Jerb322 replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyThey fake having a broken wing to draw predators away from the nest. If you get too close to the adult, it will just fly away. All the while chirping their heads off. Not sure if you were kidding about it mending...5
Jerb322 replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyThank you, you can see the eggs in the thumbnail Pic. Just over it head.3
KKevinFRK replylemmy.worldAh, missed those because I paid too much attention to the bird! (And out there a bird's going "See, it does work!)4
You’re telling me that thing murk’d a deer?!
(Excellent photographs! I hope the lil guy mends.)
They fake having a broken wing to draw predators away from the nest. If you get too close to the adult, it will just fly away. All the while chirping their heads off. Not sure if you were kidding about it mending...
I didn’t know that, neat! I was not kidding, just ignorant hahaha
That's a really nice sequence to capture - well done!
Thank you, you can see the eggs in the thumbnail Pic. Just over it head.
Ah, missed those because I paid too much attention to the bird!
(And out there a bird's going "See, it does work!)
I love these guys and their screeching so much lol