Nature Canada

Bird Tweet of the Week: Killdeer

Photo from Flickr, Mark K. Peck

Did you know that the Killdeer is quite the actor? If a predator approaches its nest, the Killdeer will fake a broken wing to look like a weaker prey, therefore luring the predator away from its young! Find out more about this bird and how you can identify it in this week’s segment.

Each week we introduce a new bird from the Ottawa-Gatineau area through our segment on CBC Radio’s In Town and Out. Alex MacDonald, Nature Canada’s Manager of Protected Areas, shares interesting facts about the birds that live in our communities. Be sure to tune-in to “Bird Tweet of the Week” on CBC Radio One 91.5 FM on Saturday mornings from 6am to 9am and listen to past episodes on our website.

This episode aired on Saturday, October 3rd, 2015.

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