Killdeer Plover Broken Wing Dance - Protecting their nest

A couple of the techs that work for me were at a site, and found these interesting birds on the roof. They would do a 'broken wing dance' in an attempt to lure you away from their nest if you got too close. After some research, I found the name of the bird to be a 'Killdeer Plover' (Charadrius vociferus). The dance, and watching them run (They are FAST) is really funny to watch. The babies are also really cute. A really cool bird.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Killdeer
• Plover
• Broken
• Wing
• Dance
• Roof
• Rocks
• Baby
• Bird
• Nest
• Eggs
• Charadrius
• Vociferus

[brody12380]

u touched them u killed them by touching them u know how by touching them u got human scent of them so the rejects them and they probbly died

[turbo50mike]

@brody12380 - Do some research, dumbass. Birds (in general) have the worst olfactory sensors of just about any animal - which means they can't smell things.

Touching birds does NOT mean the mother will reject them.

Your statement is completely untrue.

[desertdarlene]

I hope the chicks got off the roof OK.

[turbo50mike]

@desertdarlene - I'm sure they were fine...The roof had a parapit wall, so they couldn't just 'fall off'.

[desertdarlene]

Sometimes, if there's a parapet on all sides the chicks will starve on the roof. But, if you didn't find the "bodies" up there, then they probably found a way off.