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Ed Yong@edyong209.bsky.social |
This American avocet is doing a broken-wing display, feigning an injury to distract us away from... 🪶
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Sandpiper
@spg21212.bsky.social
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Can you provide a general location? I'm curious to know where they're breeding.
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Everyday.Human Derek
@everydayhuman.bsky.social
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So adorable
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🇵🇸Dr. Tim Henke (tɪm 'ɦɛŋ.kə)
@timhenke.bsky.social
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Is it hoping predators will go after it instead of the chick? Or is it another type of distraction?
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Brianomite 🧨
@brianomite.bsky.social
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It's considered good luck to tell a bird actor to break a wing before their performance
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Dr. Brittany J. Carr
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I didn't know they also did this. I captured a kill deer giving me its best broken wing impression, but the chicks were too small and tiny for my camera to capture at dusk. They were adorable tho 😍
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FreddyB Aviation Photography
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Nah he pointing at the one in breeding plumage pointing at them (Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge, San Francisco Bay May 2019)
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Silky Weineck
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wonderful! I've only ever seen killdeer pull this move.
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Ed Yong
@edyong209.bsky.social
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... its chick! 🪶 📷Hayward Regional
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