Jerb322 to birdingEnglish · 15 days agoKilldeer, Southern Wisconsinimagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up183arrow-down1imageKilldeer, Southern WisconsinJerb322 to birdingEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square7linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJerb322OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·15 days agoThey 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…
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 days agoI didn’t know that, neat! I was not kidding, just ignorant hahaha
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