Killdeer does the "broken-wing act"

Killdeer does the "broken-wing act"

From Wikipedia: "These birds will frequently use the "broken-wing act" to distract predators from their nests. This involves the bird walking away from its nesting area holding its wing in a position that simulates an injury and then flapping around on the ground emitting a distress call. The predators then think they have easy prey and are attracted to this seemingly injured bird and away from the nest. If the parent sees that a potential predator is not following them, they will move closer and get louder until they get the attention of the predator.
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We didn't mean to be a predator towards it, just wanted to check it out :-)

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Pets & Animals

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• Killdeer
• broken-wing
• act
• bird
• sutter
• yuba
• city
• county

[DJGENEX71]

I see these birds all the time in Austell,Ga at the train tracks where I record RR videos, I have 2 videos of them on my channel. They chase me sometimes, then run away, then do the broken wing act...Thumbs up!

[MrsHutcherson54]

Aww! How cute♥