In the real world, it would be the Killdeer’s guile against the crane’s height and massive wingspan. The Killdeer’s broken wing display has been distracting avian predators and people for eons. If a crane were to encroach on one of those perfectly camouflaged Killdeer nests, an adult would be creating a racket and limping around somewhere nearby.
just watched a sandhill crane, perhaps a juvenile, pick up a little kildeer - maybe four weeks old - who should've known enough by now to run or fly our of the crane's way. Very disturbing, as I watched these killdeer hatch.
just watched a sandhill crane, perhaps a juvenile, pick up a little kildeer - maybe four weeks old - who should've known enough by now to run or fly our of the crane's way. Very disturbing, as I watched these killdeer hatch.