Matt Trujillo Photography
Feigning Killdeer
Posted by Matt Trujillo Photography (Portland, United States) on 18 April 2007 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
Charádrius vocíferus (a type of plover) pretends to be injured when a potential threat approaches the nest. (A behavior known as "feigning".)
When I took this shot, I had no idea, so it appeared the bird was performing a romantic dance for the coypu (Myocastor coypus) on the left.
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