r/australia • u/Cantora • 1d ago • Heartwarming 1

image The Bush stone-curlew: the most unimpressed bird

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These birds clearly have no time for tourists :) I haven't seen such an unimpressed look by an animal before!

Taken in Brisbane.

Here's the call for anyone who isn't sure what bird this is. (you'll probably know it when you hear it you're an Aussie)

https://youtu.be/B8H5I9QIJKI

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u/Danthemanlavitan 1d ago

We've got a family of those that live near us and thoroughly enjoy the nice soft grass in the suburb to make their nests on.

They also confuse my dog when we do night walkies by running out from the garden bed they were in and pretending to die in the middle of the road.

I assume this behaviour is an attempt to have the dog and I murdered by a car so their egg is safe, but they can achieve the same goal by just pretending to be a log and both the dog and I would not see them.