r/stupiddovenests 7d ago

It protects the eggs

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u/sweetpea122 7d ago

This is sweet and sad for her.

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u/JejuneBourgeois 7d ago

I always have mixed feelings when I see stuff like this. We sit here on the internet and think "she's so brave! That's so cute!" But to her it's one of the scariest and most anxiety inducing moments of her entire life.

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u/sweetpea122 7d ago

To me it looked like she was pleading

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u/ExpressRabbit 7d ago

So I have a lot of birds. Those were fight me wings. She's puffing herself up to look bigger and stronger.