The light had turned green but I couldn’t move. Not because my car had broken down, but because three birds chose to have a street fight right in front of my car.
At first, I couldn’t figure out what was going on with all the squawking and strutting back and forth. I thought one of them was dead – the one that was lying down and being stomped on – and that they were trying to lift it up and take it home with them.
I watched for a couple of minutes, tapped my horn but they didn’t respond. The light went back to red and the cars behind me were upset that I was causing a delay. All the cars zipping past and the horn didn’t perturb these angry birds. I took several shots with my phone camera and decided to get down and lift the supposedly dead bird to the side walk.
To my surprise, when I got close enough they all took off and continued their squabble on the side walk. Now in retrospect, I wish I had taken a video of the unusual scene.
The Daily Post – Unusual
That looks like a magpie attacking a black bird and it’s mate trying to stop the magpie. Not nice nature is cruel
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True Willow. Nature can certainly be harsh. I have no idea what the names of birds they are but they were different. I wonder what could cause such an attack?
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Quite often it is an injured or sick bird with either a parent or mate trying to protect it!💜
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Wow! What a thing to witness.
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It’s certainly not something that ever crossed my mind and the amazing thing was that they were boldly fighting right on the road with cars going back and forth.
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Oblivious to.anything around them apparently. 🙂
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Well, that was quite the squabble. Good for you not driving over the top of them. Some people would.
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I just couldn’t even bring myself to try to manoeuvre to avoid running over them by any chance.
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good
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Street fighting birds…what is this world coming to? lol
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It was utterly surprising.
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I too had a bird on the highway experience. This one was surprisingly uplifting. On a very busy four lane city highway I realized all four lanes were coming to a fast stop. I was one of the ones at the front … I knew the situation and was THRILLED to see all the other drivers watch in awe and appreciation of the other drivers as a family of geese proudly and calmly crossed the highway. We were nowhere near water or a lake or even a pond; this happening warmed my heart and cemented my belief that people are basically good … very good !! jan
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What a heartwarming sight. Back in my neighbourhood in Houston, we lived close to a pond that even had a Duck crossing sign and occasionally a mother goose and her little ones would go waddling across 🙂
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Drama of birds… Hmmm… Interesting where one can find a story and the unusual.
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It was least expected.
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Unusual scene indeed 😁😁😁
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It was interesting to watch.
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Even birds are fighting these days!
Thanks God, we still hear them singing in the morning🙂
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I think they’ve been watching too much social media, ha, ha 🙂
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Yes, and the news 😂😂
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True 🙂
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Thanks for sharing
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Thank you too.
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Interesting story, unusual to our daily life, far from nature…
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Most unusual.
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