Subj : Re: Wild turkeys
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Mon May 19 2025 00:40:00

MP>In this area, the killdeers are bad about nesting in the middle of gravel
  >driveways and other places where cars or foot-traffic would be likely.
  >They make a lot of racket when disturbed.  IIRC, they are also one of the
  >birds where the parent (probably the mother) will feign injury in order to
  >draw predators away from the nest.

Yes, they are very well known for that, the old broken wing scam..  B)
They do tend to stay togther as a pair with one guarding the nest while
the other is out getting food so likely whichever is with the nest does
the luring duty

RM>> They had a story on the news a couple of days ago about Geese that
  >> were nesting on tall buildings in Toronto I think, but they had to
  >> keep sending wildlife people to rescue them once the eggs hatched.
  >> Seems the mothers didn't think about how they were going to get
  >> the babies down to the ground after they hatched.

MP>Makes you wonder what is drawing them up there.  Maybe the lack of places
  >nearer the ground for them to nest in urban areas.

These were mostly in areas where the closest ideal area to live has
a lot of human traffic, like parks within the city, so it's just
them looking for a place where people don't go without thinking it
all the way through to how to get the goslings back to the ground
after they hatch.

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