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I spoke to a publishing class at Humber College this morning so I got up a bit early to pay a visit to this lovely pair. No chicks, or even eggs, but they were actively courting. They held this pose for about 30 seconds or so. I have a sequence of some really odd behaviour that I'll post later.
Some interesting behaviour here - a Killdeer feigning injury, presumably in order to fool me into trying to capture and eat it and thereby leading me away from its nest. I don't know where its nest is, but Killdeer do have a reputation for laying their eggs in inconvenient places. The bird pictured is lying in the middle of a moderately busy road (busy for a village anyway) between a school playing field and a school bus shelter parking lot. Fortunately, it was nifty enough to get up and run away when a car came, much to my relief. The rusty back and tail feathers, which are not seen when the bird is running around normally, almost look like dried blood. I wonder if they add to the illusion?
Polk County, Wisconsin.
I am trying to push myself with pictures...sometimes i create awesomeness (lol well in my mind!), yet it gets not as much love as I think it should get, and the other so so things I do will get lots of love. I just dont get it sometimes, but I guess in the grand scheme of things once I really figure out this photography thing I will be awesome. Ok living in California, well can't stop that phrase from popping up now and again lol. Have a great week!
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