jaF0
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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.
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.