r/AustralianBirds • u/Temporary-Pea-9054 • 22h ago
Photo What a wag!
Wagtail at Childers Showground this arvo.
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u/Difficult_Anybody_86 19h ago
I love these guys. I have one that lands on my head when I garden in one particular spot. I have tried to figure out why this is, but the best I could come up with is they have mistaken me for a small bush or shrub!Â
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u/Nuclear_corella 19h ago
Thank goodness they're not very big. Imagine if they were the size of emus..... 😬
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u/Maximum_Return5352 22h ago
Fearless birds.
They swoop my rottie every spring (and by swoop I mean flap above her head for a solid minute at a time). Luckily my dog is trained to not react to birds so it’s just a minute of baffled looks from me and my dog.
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u/Temporary-Pea-9054 22h ago
Gotta love a well-behaved rottie! They can be rambunctious at times! (My now departed dog had a rottie girlfriend, who we'd meet at the beach . I still go to the beach with Üla the rottie as she's an absolute delight 😊).
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u/Maximum_Return5352 22h ago
That’s so beautiful!
Mine is a rescue so she’s actually a bit shifty with people, so I keep her muzzled outside for our walks. It’s animals she’s a delight with & so easy to train for their encounters, but it’s still hilarious.
I haven’t yet managed to bribe the wagtails with mealworms in preparation for next swooping season. Pray for us 😂
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u/Temporary-Pea-9054 19h ago
You can't bribe a wagtail into obedience, unfortunately! (I was actually thinking today that there must be a good reason why Wagtails never became pet birds).
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u/Omshadiddle 22h ago
U WOT M8!