I studied the habitat use of the Puna Ibis (Plegadis ridgwayi) in the surroundings of Pantanos de Villa natural reservation (wetlands quite close to the city of Lima, Peru). We found that most of its population liked to forage in a dump site of a slaughterhouse very close to the wetlands. This ibis and several egrets were feeding in discarded guts of cattle and pork; and my coauthor found feces of egrets full of rubber bands. This is unpublished information, we published what we found on the ibis' nesting (Cotinga 11:64-66, 1999). By the way, I liked your paper about ecological traps in TREE!
bird species expanding their breeding range may become exposed to nest predation in their novel habitats, they often use a certain pattern of nest placement and concealment as adaptation to the original habitats (Khoury, Janaydeh, Al-Hmoud, 2009, J. Ornithology 150:29-37), we have new evidence of this happening to desert finch and other species in some novel/man-made habitats which nest predators have also invaded , e.g. Indian House Crow in Aqaba (Red Sea / Jordan)
The birds of the genus Caprimulgus in Europe (C. europaeus and C. ruficollis) use their cryptic plumage to camouflage itself and pass unnoticed, remain absolutely still in distress (presence of threats, predators etc). But this means that when they are on roads traveled by cars at night they are run over often
Common wombats (Vombatus ursinus) often feed on roadside grasses along highways. These habitats are fertile strips for grasses (their diet) due to water and nutrient runoff. Frequently roads provide additional burrowing habitat (earth banks, cuttings and drainage lines that intersect with roads). However, roads cause high mortality. Their predator avoidance strategy is to freeze and listen, then return to the burrow at speed once a threat has come within close proximity (great for bushland habitat). However, when that threat is a car they often wait until the last moment and then either retreat away from the road or across it (beneath the tyres) depending upon where their burrows are situated. However, it is probable that wombats actually prefer these highly productive habitats (especially in cold weather) given the more reliable food resource close to burrowing habitats (the cues) compared to less productive but more sustainable and life affirming habitats away from the roads. Hence, once removed from the population others will soon reoccupy the range and become another candidate for the wombat ´Darwin Award'.
The significance for the driver of the car should not go without comment. To replicate the effect place a 40 kg rectangular block of concrete on a country road, back up, then accelerate to at least 80 kph prior to impact.
Other adaptive behavior with negative consequences happen in the European free-tailed bat. His gregariousness and the kind of shelters that choose can cause high mortality to become an ecological trap. See this paper in Spanish, with English abstract
MONSALVE-DOLZ, M. Á. Accidental mortality events of the European free-tailed bat Tadarida teniotis in high buildings in Valencia (Spain) Eventos de mortalidad accidental de Murciélago rabudo Tadarida teniotis en edificios altos de la ciudad de Valencia (España).