Killdeer will do if you get too close to its babies. This bird is renowned for it’s ‘broken wing’ impression (see photo below). When predators get too close to their young, one of the parents will zoom in front of the predator and pretend it has a broken wing. The weak attract the strong. The attention of the hunter moves to the parent while the baby bird moves to safety. About the time the hunter gets to the parent bird, they fly away.
In the case of the Killdeer, the parent bird is purposely attracting danger to save their babies but its orchestrated and timed to save them all. Attracting danger to a nest is different. Notice that you will never (or seldom) see birds build their nests near bird feeders. Why? Bird feeders attract a lot of birds and when you have many birds, you attract hawks in the air and cats on the ground. – Predators you don’t want near baby birds and nests. Again, the birds only attract what they know is best for all.
Humans are funny. They seem to attract what they feed versus what they need. What I mean is, they feed their ego with fancy cars and clothes when what they need is more money in their savings account; they feed their drug addictions when what they need is a clear head to sort out what is fueling the pain that the drugs seem to temporarily neutralize.
So, here’s my lesson of the day… I realize that humans think that animals, pets, critters are not near as smart as they are but it seems to me that we are better than humans at attracting what we need than what we feed. The lesson? Humans should take a hard look at what they attract in their life because too many of you do things that attract predatory problems you feed versus the safety and support you need.
Okay, the question of the day is from Fooie who asked: Dear Parker, my parents (human) had a home fire drill with the kids and I. I’m not sure what to make of it? Can you explain the purpose for me?
Dear Fooie:
All families should sit down together and practice what to do if there is a fire in your home. What if a kid is trapped in a bedroom, do they know how to get out through a window? Did your humans post a sign on and/or near all the doors in your house to indicate there are pets inside so rescuers know to look for you? You can get these door and window ‘pet inside’ notices from the ASPCA or make your own but be sure, before there is an emergency, that it is done.
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