[Birdtalk] Killdeer wisdom

[Utah Birds]

Forwarded Message from Ann Neville

I got an email the other day from a friend and her boy who has a
killdeer nesting on a gravel park strip near their home.  I told them a
bit about killdeer and said probably the best thing to do was to just
watch and hope for the best.  Below is his reply.  I thought it
hilarious!

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Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 11:11 AM
To: Neville, Ann (KUCC)
Subject: RE: Bird Question

Hi Ann, this is Connor,thank's for the bird information. Guess what the
dad 
bird did to us. The first time we went to the nest the dad bird lured us

away by walking 10 ft. in front of us for about five minutes. We turned 
around and started walking back to the nest and he flew over us back to
the 
nest. When we were almost half way there he flew over us again with 
something in his beak then he droped it in the gutter. I went to look at
it 
and guess what, it was a candy rapper!!! My dad said the bird was smart 
enough to know he could lure a stupid human away from anything with a
piece 
of candy.  

Thanks again, Connor




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