Killdeer fakes a broken wing

[F13rce187]

I shot one of these with my pellet gun I thought I was putting it out of it's misery

[steff2001]

he he that looks more like a mating dance instead of a broken wing

[desertdarlene]

She might have thought you were going to run over her eggs or chicks. I remember one doing that when I got really close to her chicks who were hidden in the sand near a clump of seaweed. I actually didn't see them until they ran out in front of me.

[SBfledgling]

@desertdarlene

I think you're right. The reference books tell the same story.

Adam

[DXBigFan]

i walked by one today and i heard this chirping in the sand and out of nowwhere one of these friggers attacked me...lmao

[Alexk911]

i was excepted to see a killdeer nest a babies, they were so cute. but i only got to because i saved them from a cat

[BryantTheNameles]

Haha tricky bastard.

[RyushuSuperCat]

Jeez that bird can run!

[donatelli23]

im just guessing

but i think they do that to attract other birds of the opposite sex to mate!

kinda like a mating ritual

[gyoza1138]

actually, the females do this to distract predators away from their nests. Sometimes the males will attack the distracted predator with a 'dive-bomb' attack. They're very brave birds, and quite interesting to encounter in high grass or on the beach.

[lluong6443]

kool i giggled a bit :)

[gizurix]

that was cool