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   ocr: DISTRACTION DISPLAYS F ITS SNEST is threatened by a predator, I a nesting wader often defends its eggs or young by pretending to be injured. With one wing flailing, the parent bird moves slowly away from the nest, luring BROKEN WING the predator after it. By the Held at a time the predator is a safe strange angle distance from the nest, the injured bird suddenly recovers and flies back tot rejoin its family. FEIGNING INJURY This killdeer is pretending to have a . broken wing. To a fox or A falcon, it seems like An easy meal.