This one's for Boo.

Those cheeky great tits feasting on peanuts are far from just humble ....

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/611898/devious-lives-birds-Great-Tits-betray-cheat-divorce

Did I neglect to mention this is about birds?

Nature is so funny sometimes. 

We have a bad hummingbird in the yard.  He chases away all the other birds.

I read where they will only allow females to stay, if she is willing to mate with him.  Otherwise he chases her off too.  So far it's only him, so the girls must not care for his yard or his courting style.   

Quote from: Dori on October 16, 2015, 08:59:03 AM
Nature is so funny sometimes. 

We have a bad hummingbird in the yard.  He chases away all the other birds.

I read where they will only allow females to stay, if she is willing to mate with him.  Otherwise he chases her off too.  So far it's only him, so the girls must not care for his yard or his courting style.   

That's why I quit feeding them, too many fights, constantly.

I remember a nature show about a very strange bird.  I think it was flightless.

It painstakinly builds a fort on the ground with twigs, branches, reeds and mud.

The more elaborate it is, the better his chance of attracting a mate. 

The sad part is, when he leaves to gather more stuff or food, other males will move in and take over what he labored to build.

I've tried to find the name of that bird, but so far no luck.