Watch: Peter Doocy Fends Off Feathered Intruder During Live White House Report

Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy was forced to wing it Friday morning when an unexpected visitor interrupted his live broadcast from the White House lawn.

While appearing on Fox & Friends, Doocy was speaking with hosts Ainsley Earhardt, Brian Kilmeade, and Lawrence Jones about the Trump administration’s ongoing tariff conflict with China. As the discussion neared its close, an unexpected moment stole the spotlight — a dove suddenly landed on his head during the live shot.

The lighthearted incident caught both Doocy and the hosts by surprise, drawing laughter from the studio as he reacted to the surprise guest.

“A bird just landed on my head!” Doocy said.

Laughter erupted among the Fox & Friends hosts, as they took turns commenting on the feathery encounter.

“What is going on?” Kilmeade said.

“I did not like that at all,” Doocy said.

“The back of your head — your hair is standing up now,” Kilmeade said.

“I mean you’ve got good hair though,” Jones said.

“That’s probably so dirty,” Doocy said.

At a White House press conference later that day, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt about the bird attack.

“I wonder if that’s why Peter is absent from his seat,” Leavitt joked. “Is he doing OK? Has anyone checked on him?”

“He’s recovering,” the reported quipped.

“I’ll get an answer for you on that,” Leavitt said.

Doocy later appeared on a segment of America’s Newsroom with Dana Perino and Martha MacCallum, where he joked further about the occurrence.

“It’s an old T.V. trick, just try to make your hair look like a bird’s nest,” he said.

“A couple minutes ago I got a text about that from the Interior secretary’s team, and they say that, ‘They have deployed all assets from the park service and Fish and Wildlife to figure out what’s going on,'” Doocy joked.