Takin' my Bird for a Walk.

[jaF0]

Not Bird in the Brit sense. Bird as in the feathered kind. And maybe not me taking t for a walk, but rather it leading me.

Several times this Summer while on my morning walks, a small bird (probably a few different ones since I never caught their names) will land on the road in front of me and walk just ahead of me for several hundred feet, always just far enough that I can't get a good picture. Eventually, it will fly off and circle around behind me. The whole time it is squawking in a high pitch warble.

Today, I paid enough attention to the markings to be able to do a web search. Everything I could find leads me to a Killdeer (odd name for a small bird), including the leading behavior. They apparently try to 'lead' prey away from their ground based nest.


Pretty funny though. When they land, they don't come to a sudden stop like most birds. They make a running landing like a plane, then slow their pace to a walk.

 

[Lancecastor]

Has it posted any pics of its chicks yet?

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

At the barn where Princess works and rides, there is a killdeer that nests in the driveway. When you drive up, she puffs herself up and threatens you, no matter how big your truck is...

 

[Nipples_Mcgee1]

Has it posted any pics of its chicks yet?

*reported*

 

[Nipples_Mcgee1]

At the barn where Princess works and rides, there is a killdeer that nests in the driveway. When you drive up, she puffs herself up and threatens you, no matter how big your truck is...

Does Princess use a saddle, or does she prefer to ride bareback?

 

[Liar]

Not Bird in the Brit sense. Bird as in the feathered kind. And maybe not me taking t for a walk, but rather it leading me.

Several times this Summer while on my morning walks, a small bird (probably a few different ones since I never caught their names) will land on the road in front of me and walk just ahead of me for several hundred feet, always just far enough that I can't get a good picture. Eventually, it will fly off and circle around behind me. The whole time it is squawking in a high pitch warble.

It probably thinks you're uncomroftably close to it's nest and kids and tries to make you chase it in the other directon.

It's a bird thing, I've been told.

 

[FGB]

If you get too close they will attack you.

Found that out when I was four.

 

[OldJourno]

I came home a couple of days ago to find a family of quail in the courtyard at the front door. Mom and dad quail flew to the roof, but the babies huddled under the front door.
I waited, then backed off. The four or five tiny quail made a run for a nearby bush after a few seconds, so I made my way inside. The babies reunited with the parents moments later.
The whole thing lasted less than a minute. I would have waited a lot longer if necessary.

 

[LIVINRFANTASIES]

Denny

Has it posted any pics of its chicks yet?

They're all under age. Some are still eggs.

It probably thinks you're uncomroftably close to it's nest and kids and tries to make you chase it in the other directon.

It's a bird thing, I've been told.

Most English birds make a lot of noise and tease.

 

[Hypoxia]

Shall I mention my live-at-dawn roadrunner alarm clock?

Naw, you wouldn't believe me.

Forget it.

 

[OldJourno]

Shall I mention my live-at-dawn roadrunner alarm clock?

Naw, you wouldn't believe me.

Forget it.

I had a friend who lived in a condo along the 11th hole of a golf course, and he and his wife would always add an extra pound of ground beef to the week's groceries.
The roadrunners would show up at the patio window like clockwork. My friend would put some of the hamburger on a plate and place it on the kitchen floor.
The head roadrunner, always one of the biggest, would venture inside and help himself while the others watched from the patio.
Don't know if it was always the same roadrunner

 

[Rightguide]

Instead of a walk he took his bird for a ride:

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