AlunFoto wrote: > The most likely candidate explanations, imo, are: > 1. This is a beginning predator diversion behaviour, that the bird > will fly up, move away from the nest and sit down again to lure people > away from the nest. > 2. This is simple territory marking; "here i reign, don't step closer". > 3. Predator inspection behaviour. > 4. habituation to human presence.
5. the spot on the walkway isn't close enough to the nest to trigger their "nest protection" thought/behavior patterns -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
