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u/green-green-bean 5d ago
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u/NeighborhoodDear5405 5d ago
First post that popped up on Reddit and took me by great surprise. lol! That is hilarious.
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u/Stunning-Vanilla-717 2d ago
Maybe you should have asked his permission first! He doesn't look happy about it!
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u/Pseudoargentum 2d ago
Had a pair nest behind my house as a child. From what I remember, the cries were very upsetting - one of those birds that sounds like a screaming woman.
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u/cobra7 2d ago
I had five acres that had fencing like this. Also had two small ponds that attracted herons. Was mowing one day on my riding mower and there was a green heron on the fence exactly like this. I kept getting closer and closer and expected him to fly away at some point, but he never did. I eventually got close enough that I could have reached out and touched him, but I didn’t and he stayed where he was. It was very unusual to experience.
I’ve also noted the same behavior with bullfrogs sunning on the bank of my pond - it mower needs to almost touch them before they jump or move. If I step off the tractor, they immediately jump.
I suspect genetics. Millennia have taught them that two-loggers are.a threat but a human on a machine is too alien to trigger their threat response.
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u/NotoldyetMaggot 5d ago
Angry football. r/birdsfacingforward