GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A territorial red-winged blackbird has been dive-bombing pedestrians along a popular sidewalk in downtown Grand Rapids, causing some to take a different route.
The protective father bird sits on the corner of Monroe and Michigan between DeVos Place and City Hall, defending its nest from anyone who comes too close.
“I mean, my friends have been attacked. My family’s been attacked,” Jacob Schader said.
Schader has changed his route to work slightly to avoid getting in the crosshairs with the aggressive bird…