Redditor Shares How She Tried To Be A Hero And Reunite A Baby Bird With Its Mother Only For It To Backfire With A Bee Waiting To Reward Her

"I have this on video because originally I thought it would be a loving reunion"

Maryjane

• Published in Animal Stories
• November 22, 2022

Plovers, sometimes known as masked lapwings, are somewhat large birds with long, rusty-colored legs and prominent, yellow facial wattles. They can be found almost everywhere in Australia, especially on the edges of lakes and in big grassy regions, especially those that have been turned into pasture or parkland.

For biologists, observing a plover chick's day can be both fascinating and horrifying. A Piping Plover chick, which resembles a fluffy cotton ball, is arguably one of the loveliest little animals.

The plover chicks can start moving about and feeding themselves an hour after they hatch. The day-old birds can frequently be seen foraging along the wrack line while avoiding towels, umbrellas, and dozing sunbathers.

It's anticipated that the majority of these birds will make it through their adolescent experiences and join their parents when they fly south for the winter at the end of the summer. Meet Redditor u/LeMetalSmurf, who shared her TIFU plover chick story on Reddit.

She was trying to save them from being on the main road where there was a lot of traffic. There were two families of plovers, and the OP managed to get most of the chicks off the road despite the protests of their four parents.

Unfortunately, she handed them to the wrong plover mom, who was out for blood. She tried her best to stop that from happening, only for a bee to await her return.

You can read the full story for yourself below.

Redditor u/LeMetalSmurf shares a story about the day she messed up

The OP used her car to encourage them off the road, with her hazard lights on, they ended up on the median strip

The OP noticed a pluver mum was coming over to mess her up from over a fence

Keep in mind it's through a fence now with no way of the OP being able to get in there

It wasn't the mother and attacked the baby and I couldn't do much because of a fence

We've gathered a bunch of the most upvoted replies from Redditors for you to read through below so keep scrolling and enjoy!

This Redditor read that mother birds abandon or kill chicks that smell like the hands of people

The OP doesn't want to see another plover again after this incident

This Redditor face the TIFU a better befitting title

As a fellow Australian, this Redditor understands where the OP is coming from

These birds are a protected species in Australia

As for this Redditor, no good deed goes...

Plovers are fiercely protective of their nests and young, and adults will attack intruders by diving on them, making loud noises, or swooping at them to entice them away from the nest. The 25-day journey from marshmallow to fully grown adult, however, is perilous.

The majority of this activity is bluffing and whatever the case, it is their tenaciously protective nature that puts them in opposition to humanity.

Maryjane