i was walking along some bushes when a bird flew out from a bush in front of my path into a grass clearing. it was a very small crow. it made two quiet, short, high-pitched peeps in rapid succession, hopping in circles. i tried to walk around it, but it kept blocking my path and making the exact same peeps at me.
i got back on the stone path, and it hopped up right next to me, and starting ripping up grass and throwing it over my feet. i chuckled, and it stopped, looked up at me, and… peeped again, before continuing to bury my feet in grass.
i continued walking and it followed right next to me till the end of the path before watching me walk away and then returning to its bush.
i didn’t recognise this bird, or seen a bird do this to me or anyone else before. i’m on especially friendly terms with the corvids in my neighbourhood, but they don’t normally approach me.
any ideas? have you seen something similar?
that was my first guess, but after i tried getting back on the path they only kept putting grass on my feet. i tried holding still, backing away, moving toward them, moving back into the grass, making noises, and checked in the bush — it just kept putting grass on me. i didn’t immediately see anything. i was afraid of scaring or upsetting them, so i left.
someone else suggested they’re a juvenile that doesn’t know how to feed themself.