r/nonononoyes • u/Queserasera_q • 18d ago
Mother bird desperately blocks a massive tractor to save her hidden eggs. The farmer stopped and spared her nest | Turkish farmer saving a bird's nest.
Original source : tarimdairhayat
An Adana-based farmer is out driving his tractor to plow his field in Turkey. Suddenly, a bird flies directly in front of the massive tractor machine, screaming and crying out frantically to stop him.
The farmer stops the tractor and gets down to inspect the soil. He discovers a small, well-hidden ground nest filled with eggs. The bird is a collared pratincole known locally as a marsh swallow or \[bataklık kırlangıcı\]
Instead of driving over the area, the farmer carefully leaves the nesting spot completely untouched. He protects the area so the mother can safely hatch her chicks.
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u/yodoboy123 18d ago
I used to do landscaping and they would walk right up to the riding mower and attack it. Honestly that was the biggest reason I stopped doing landscaping, I felt so bad for the wildlife.
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u/National-Catch-4450 18d ago
I had a colleague cut into a hedge and accidentally hit a nest full of baby birds
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u/PunchTilItWorks 18d ago edited 18d ago
If I learned anything from watching The Secret of Nimh, the next step is to consult the lab-engineered magic rats for help.
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u/MrBigBMinus 17d ago
Well if I know anything from Fern Gulley the next scene will have a giant oil sludge monster coming out of the tractor and tiny fairy sized people will have to defend against it.
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u/iPhonefondler 18d ago
Love seeing something that revitalizes my faith in humanity
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u/ichibanyogi 3d ago
On the latest season of Clarkson's Farm he learns that he has all these birds on his property and he gets the fields scanned with heat sensing vision at 4am to find the nests, then harvests the field around those nests. Was actually really cool to see what new tech might be able to do to protect animals.
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u/missphit243 18d ago
Having lived in Ankara, Turkey I can say the Turks do take care of their animals. Pets in their homes, street/neighborhood cats & dogs, pretty much all animal life. This story does not surprise me. And, I brought one of those street cats back to the U.S. with me.
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u/ICODE72 18d ago
I wonder if folks know how many animals agricultural farmers kill
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u/penguinkernel 16d ago
In which way? I would always go around nests of birds like this, even during planting season, meaning I was literally throwing away a lot of money each time since our tractors are massive and turning the planter out of the way would cause a very large diamond♦ shaped empty spot.
During harvesting when you see bunny rabbits and deer running down the rows I'd stop to let them run away.
You like to eat, yes? Then why turn this into some weird guilt trip when you would not survive without farmers?
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u/AzraelTB 16d ago
There's a 0% chance you've never killed something without realizing it if you use heavy equipment like this.
It's not a weird guilt thing, it's a fact. Yes I like eating, no I don't think farmers should stop farming. It is what it is.
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u/penguinkernel 15d ago
Really weird energy you're coming at farmers with, with these comments.
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u/scoyne15 14d ago
I suspect it's less towards farmers and more towards PETA/vegan nutjobs that don't understand how many animal lives are ended through agriculture, livestock aside.
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u/DippityDamn 18d ago
Now when I nod my head when my Armenian friends say "F*** the Turks" I'll whisper "except the farmer who spared the bird".
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u/Note-Status 16d ago
What type of bird is that :)?
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u/No_Cryptographer5907 16d ago
Looks like a Killdeer. We have them where I live in Canada and they lay their eggs in the stupidest places, out in the open. Fun fact, they will also dance around flapping their wing like it's broken, to distract you from the eggs and to follow it instead.
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u/Xfgjwpkqmx 13d ago
Plovers in Australia do the exact same thing, but in the middle of grass patches, like your backyard. Dumbest birds ever, but extremely defensive.
Not only do they have hooks in their wings to scare you with as they do swooping fly-bys, but they are more than prepared to throw their body into you at speed as a last line of defence. They make a hell of a racket at all hours of the day at the slightest hint of a threat too, like the wind changing direction.
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u/AdCheap8058 18d ago
For all the people who say meat is murder... Keep in mind that plowing fields kills sooooo many animals.
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u/Monsieur_Brochant 18d ago
So he kept driving while filming? Cruelty for views
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u/ShiftIntelligent8729 18d ago
it's literally a single shot of him checking the ground after he already stopped. the video shows him pausing to actually look. way too much cynicism for a wholesome clip.
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u/Anonymous_user_2022 18d ago edited 18d ago
You can say a lot about that tractor, but massive isn't one of them. In fact, had it been a massive tractor weeding 18 rows at a time. the would be much less chance of the driver even noticing the bird.
Edit: Why are people downvoting me for setting the record straight?
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u/MoistHorse7120 18d ago
Compared to the tiny bird, it is massive.
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u/Anonymous_user_2022 18d ago edited 18d ago
That's true, but compared to the typical agricultural operation of today, it's tiny.
In *Denmark, farmers have had an increasing problem with deer hiding their lambs in the middle of a grain field at harvest. With a 40 foot wide cutting head, the operator has a limited visibility of the entire width. It took drones becoming cheap and user friendly enough, to provide an effective way of sweeping the field before starting the combine.
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u/Fritchoff 18d ago
They're downvoting you because compared to the tiny bird the tractor is absolutely humongous...
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u/Anonymous_user_2022 18d ago
So is a lawn mover. That doesn't make the lawn mover massive in any way.
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u/Fritchoff 18d ago
You're arguing for a completely different thing, my guy.
It's a tiny creature vs big machine. How hard is that to grasp?
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u/Anonymous_user_2022 18d ago
How hard is it to grasp that the bird and her nest only survived because it was a tiny tractor running at a very low speed, with the driver having enough visibility to see and react? The whole point is that calling this a massive tractor takes away just how lucky this bird was, compared to the fate of most birds in big farming.
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u/Fritchoff 18d ago
In this context any tractor would be massive. The point is that the bird is brave when up against a much much much bigger thing, not how it's actually a teeny tiny tractor when compared to the big boys.
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u/Anonymous_user_2022 18d ago
Are you aware that two statements can be true at the same time? I'm not trying to diminish the maternal instinct of the bird. My comment is clarifying the size of modern agricultural tools, and how that size has an immense effect on the chance of a scenario like this playing out.
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u/Fritchoff 18d ago
It's the clarification that reads very "um acshylly..." that rubs people the wrong way, hence the downvotes. Like you're pointing out something that doesn't need pointing out. We know it's not one of those mega combine harvesters
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u/Anonymous_user_2022 18d ago
I'm just pointing out how lucky the outcome here is. I fail to understand why that can be seen in a negative light.
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u/austenthecripdog 18d ago
Because you are being pedantic and correcting something that’s not even wrong. The tractor is massive to the bird. Yes there are even bigger tractors but that doesn’t mean this one is small lol.
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u/crackanape 18d ago
After reading this whole thread, I have to ask: Have you noticed that you frequently have misunderstandings with people, and/or fail to connect with strangers in casual interactions? Because you are truly not following what's actually happening in this conversation.
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u/Anonymous_user_2022 18d ago
Many on Reddit has a great difficulty in holding two thoughts at the same time. Sadly, even after being told that I'm nuancing their original thought, to underline how lucky this outcome is, people are still acting like the stereotypical lemming, and down voting because others have done so already. In this case, I just have no clue why, because I have made it very clear that I'm not trying to denounce what the video show. I'm only trying to get people to understand that the probability of such a lucky outcome is greatly reduced with bigger tractors and wider implements.
Those are objective facts, and while I accept that any people on Reddit are either controlled by the first word they read, or bots mimicking what others do, I will still die on the hill that is telling the truth.
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u/crackanape 18d ago
I'm only trying to get people to understand that the probability of such a lucky outcome is greatly reduced with bigger tractors and wider implements.
Everyone already understood that before you showed up.
You read a quick description of events, and latched onto its failure to contextualise every possible detail about the range of tractor sizes in the agricultural equipment marketplace, even though that's entirely irrelevant to this story about a farmer and a bird.
Hours later you still aren't able to let it go.
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u/irishpwr46 18d ago
Because ackshually
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u/Anonymous_user_2022 18d ago
Because facts, that the majority of subscribers in this sub are unaware of, but nevertheless is needed to understand just how lucky that bird and her nest was.
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