Luvmyzoocrew
Well-Known Member
i have to tell you about an amazing bird i came across this summer. I take my oldest son to the bus stop in the morning and we wait in someones driveway well every year in the begining of summer they have a bird that nests in there driveway. This bird actually makes a nest of rocks in the driveway, which they so nicely put cones around it when they see her there making the nest so no one drives over it. There eggs look like speckeled rocks, they blend so well with the gravel driveway, which could be deadly to the unborn babies. Well if you approach its nest it flops around on the ground like it is hurt :shock: maybe it is just me but i think that is so neat. i actually seen it when we were in the driveway and i came close to the nest it started flopping all over the driveway like it was hurt, they do this to bring you away from the nest, is that amazing or what. lol, doesnt take much, i like birds they are so pretty, and free, and beautiful.
here is a description of what they do.
"If flying around and calling loudly does not drive the intruder away, then one or the other of the parents performs a distraction display, commonly called a broken-wing act or injury feigning. The bird crouches on the ground with one wing spread and hanging as though broken. It flops about in a piteous manner, at the same time crying kill-dee-dee-ee as though in mortal pain. The intruder is drawn towards the seemingly wounded or helpless bird, which always manages to move away, decoying the intruder farther and farther from the nest of young birds. When the enemy is well away from its intended prey, the adult Killdeer miraculously recovers and flies off. During this display, the young will have stayed perfectly still or will have scattered in all directions. In either case, they will be almost impossible to find. "
http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=50
here is a description of what they do.
"If flying around and calling loudly does not drive the intruder away, then one or the other of the parents performs a distraction display, commonly called a broken-wing act or injury feigning. The bird crouches on the ground with one wing spread and hanging as though broken. It flops about in a piteous manner, at the same time crying kill-dee-dee-ee as though in mortal pain. The intruder is drawn towards the seemingly wounded or helpless bird, which always manages to move away, decoying the intruder farther and farther from the nest of young birds. When the enemy is well away from its intended prey, the adult Killdeer miraculously recovers and flies off. During this display, the young will have stayed perfectly still or will have scattered in all directions. In either case, they will be almost impossible to find. "
http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=50
