A broken wing.

[Buffalobob]

I was out finding a site to use to monitor how much and what kind of trash runs off highways during a storm and had stopped at a stormwater wet pond. I had my camera to take pictures of the outfalls to include into the proposal I am submitting. On my way back to my truck, I saw a small bird fluttering and hopping along the ground with a broken wing. I took a picture and then remembered that there is a place over at the Patuxent Wildlife refuge that cares for hurt birds.

Well the bird keep fluttering and hopping along and I was afraid it would get back into the roadway and get hit again. So I just left it alone.

I spent some time with a photo editor adjusting colors and contrast, etc to try to help the pictures a little.

 

[gbraach]

I doubt there was any thing wrong with the bird. A nesting bird will often act that way to draw predators away from their nest. This behavior is common in killdeers.

 

[Buffalobob]

GBraach

Do you know the difference between a junior member with 8 posts and a senior member with three dump trucks of posts?

I can act stupid and nobody will be surprised. You still have a chance of fooling us.

This is just my little joke for the day.

 

[CAM]

BB
You GOT to work on your timing!!!!
Three days late for April fools!!

CAM

 

[Len Backus]

That was a good'n.

 

[James H]

Bob,
After I read your prairie dog posts I just figured you didn't know anything about killdeer either.

James

 

[MachV]

A little late seeing this post, spit coffee all over my screen when I saw the pics.
That was a good one BB

 

[Sendero_Man]

What really amazes me is that these little birds with broken wings can still kill full grown deer. Simply amazing....

 

[7mmSendaro]

Wish one of those things would grab my wife's PIA dog..............

 

[davewilson]

i always wondered where they got that name! that one appears to be a little bigger than the ones around here.