This female Regent Bowerbird wandering around a picnic area in Dorrigo National Park. When I approached her to take a shot she squats down with her wings out and plays "injured."
After a few minutes of that she very slowly rolled her head over on to one shoulder and shut her eyes, playing dead. Awwww, poor little bird.
Amazing, great photo.
elizabeth
Is it not a Bassian Thrush?
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
was the bird injured? I have seen birds do that while having a dust bath.
or playing injured /dead when they have young nearby
Yes you are right. I had the folders with the regents in the thrush folder and the thrushes in the regents folders. duh!
Doug.