Hi
This behaviour is reasonably widespread, particularly in ground-nesting
birds. I've personally observed it in red-capped plover, hooded plover and
rock parrot. Interestingly, I've never seen it in turtledoves even though a
pair of laughing turtledoves nested in a tree in the backyard for several
years.
Unfortunate about the young dove
Cheers
John Graff
From: "Gordon and Pam Cain" <>
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Subject: [Birding-Aus] Feigning a broken wing
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 21:18:26 +1000
Back in January my son and I were pruning a hedge. We unwittingly got to
close to the nest of a spotted turtle dove with one young in the nest.
Mum flew off and, a safe distance down our yard, landed and feigned a
broken
wing. We had only ever read of this in a Kipling Story with the Indian
tailorbird.
How common is this behaviour? And amongst Australian birds?
(The sad ending to this story is that a few days later we found the baby
bird dead on the ground, although we had stayed right away from it after
rousing the mother from her nest - we never touched it or anything - but
then, I have read that pigeon young in the nest are especially vulnerable
and always to stay a LONG way from them. A sad way to learn!)
Interested in your stories and experiences, and the communal store of
knowledge on this one.
Cheers
Gordon Cain
Schofields
Blacktown, NW Sydney
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