Blue Jays Love these More than Peanuts! | The Great Fall Harvest
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- Why Hazelnuts are an Important Natural Food Source Blue Jays Can't Resist
After watching Blue Jays harvesting Hazelnuts this Autumn I've concluded that while it is fun to feed birds peanuts and bird seed, it is a very wholesome experience seeing them getting their own food from natural resources.
How do Blue jays prepare for winter?
What do Blue Jays eat during winter?
What nuts do Blue Jays like the most?
What is a Blue Jay's favorite food?
What Food do you put out for Blue Jays?
What is a Blue Jay's favorite snack?
What is a blue jay's natural food?
Do blue Jays hide food away?
Why Do Birds Cache Food?
What is the best feed for the Blue Jays?
Do Blue Jays like Hazelnuts?
How Do Blue Jays pick Hazelnuts?
How do Blue Jays harvest nuts?
Are Hazelnuts Healthy for Blue Jays?
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Timestamps
00:30 Intro
00:31 - 00:42 What is a Blue Jays favorite nut?
00:43 - 00:50 The Importance of Cold Hardy Nut trees to Northern Jays
00:51 - 01:00 Why is it called Beaked Hazel?
01:01 - 01:11 What other animals eat Beaked Hazel?
01:12 - 01:34 How hard do Blue Jays work to harvest Hazelnuts?
01:35 - 02:03 How do young blue Jays learn to harvest Hazelnuts?
02:04 - 02:47 The 3-part process of harvesting Hazelnuts
02:48 - 03:14 How healthy and important are Hazelnuts to Blue Jays?
03:15 - 03:36 The most important reason why Blue Jays harvest Hazelnuts
03:37 - 03:48 How far will the Blue Jays fly to hide away nuts?
03:49 - 04:16 How does the caching behavior of Blue Jays Help the environment?
04:17 - 04:50 What happened when I helped Blue Jays harvest Hazelnuts?
04:51 - 05:04 The pureness of Allowing birds to find and collect food from natural sources
05:05 - 05:32 Other fascinating Blue Jay behavior
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I'm in the Great Lakes region, so I have a ton of Jays. Since Jays are corvids, and most of the corvids can mimic human speech, have you tried this with the younger Jays you see?
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I love when bluejays try to pick up more then their mouth can handle. They are so funny attempting to grab that extra piece. I love how they decided to just let you do the hard work for them, they are such smart birds and lucky to have you as a friend 😊
They would also trade what they had in their pouch with the nuts I give them. They've left me many small pebbles and similar gifts. 😂😂😂
My property is technically out of the Blue Jay’s range, but a couple of winters ago we had a pair in our backyard from fall through the winter. I was feeding them unsalted peanuts in the shell. They could only carry one at a time, but every time they picked one up, they tried and tried to get another nut in their mouth. 😂 they would haul them off one of the time and stash them somewhere. I would put out about 20 and it was quite a long operation to get them all and take them away. They were very demanding and insistent that they have their peanuts at 9:30 AM. If I didn’t get out there right away, they would set up quite a racket. I wish we had them all the time.
@@user-jk5ur9dh5h too funny on the gifts. Just love the blue jays 🥰
@@sweetdrahthaar7951 9:30am how lucky you were. Mine give me a 6:30am I want my peanuts call. Then return at 4pm for more. I had 20 during part of summer this year, I was going through peanuts like crazy. They disperse during fall and in winter one or two will come by on snowy days. They tend to go deeper into forest during winter and return in spring. However the cardinal return in winter and disperse mid spring and male cardinal spends week feeding female cardinal and chasing jays off who are returning. I just love all the birds that visit but blue jays and cardinals I have soft heart for.
The amount of effort you put into these birds is amazing.
I love my Blue Jays and they love it when I fill the peanut feeders! Once they find it filled, they call their friends and have a peanut party and the feeder is empty in a couple hours!
That is SO funny! The jays waiting for you to open up the hazelnuts for them... they're genius, aren't they? Thank you so much for teaching me so much in this video. I had no idea jays like hazelnuts, nor that they harvest them themselves. I loved the close-up shots of how they pluck and extract the meat. That's a lot of work and skill and I can imagine how wonderful it was to watch them at it.
Thanks again, Lesley!!!
You're welcome kind lady :)
I'm so glad that you enjoyed seeing them in action doing what they naturally do. I find it such a treat to see birds at work like that. Really gives some insight into how hard they really work out there. Make no wonder we want to help them out as much as we can :) Have a great day!
Every fall I collect acorns from my woodland hikes and bring them home to my squirrels and blue Jays...they love them!
That is so kind of you. Next year I'm going to be picking them for my jays and putting them in the feeders for them :)
Ah, didn't know they liked Acorns. That explains why they've stopped coming to my feeders although they're still around as I hear them throughout the day. We are having a banner year for Acorns. 🙂
Botanical term is "masting year" or "mast seeding year". Here in VA Beach the oaks drop huge quantities af acorns every 5th year (haven't figured out the hickory tree schedule here). Ecologically, this ensures that some nuts or seeds survive after predator satiation
Leslie, thank you so much for this! My blue jays have abandoned me since I spent five weeks visiting my brother and could not feed the birds in my yard. When I came home, I brought with me the fleas my brother’s house is infested with. I’m going back to visit him again for my birthday, and after I get back the exterminator is coming to treat my house, yard, and the detached garage into which I moved most of the stuff from my flea-infested car. I hate to have to do this. But I can’t have fleas in my stuff (I have no animals, but my brother does). I’m keeping the peanut bin sealed until I can get rid of the fleas. I hope my jays will come back!
I had no idea jays would venture out as far as 2.5 miles to cache. Impressive! And how sweet of you to help them harvest their filberts. Another informative, heart warming video!
Thank you Aaron :) It's hard not to appreciate the work they put into surviving, it was a pleasure helping them out. Have a great weekend!
Thanks so much for sharing another wonderful video like always. Beautiful blue Jays as always 🐦🤗
You're very welcome. Thanks for watching and I hope you have a great day :)
The grey squirrels and the blue Jays are always at odds. It's too funny.
Beautiful video. Hard working birds 😮❤
I'd love to hear the rest of the video before it faded out at the end! I too feel like they are much less aggressive than many people think.
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There is a link to that video on the screen at the end. Here is the part you are interested in. I hope you enjoy it :) Thank you for watching th-cam.com/video/NPta-zaYnaQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=QD2lR2r7YEQlp4fX&t=332
Such an interesting video. I've fed and watched birds for over 4 years but had no idea that Blue Jaye would travel so far to hide their food!
Although they are somewhat aggressive, many times I've watched mourning doves run them off the feeder!
I feel like if the birds every evolve to "take over", that Lesley is going to be THE person to know for survival.
We must hope and pray for Lesley's well being.😊
I think jays have the nicest colours on there back and tail of any bird out there. So bright and defining. Awesome Sunday treat miss nerd
It's quite a work of art. Thank you for the nice comment, and I hope you have a great day :)
@@LesleytheBirdNerdyour bird videos are fun to watch 😊
Stellar Jays are just as beautiful IMO. Probably because they’re in the same family
Beautiful birds!
Blue Jays in the Pacific Northwest love almonds
I love hazelnuts too. I never knew what they looked like while still on the tree. Very cool. Thanks, Leslie.
Many humans have no idea how hard animals must work for their food. Sometimes just to even find food. Farmers and gardeners know how hard it is... thank heaven for grocery stores. Lol
Yes! Which was when I bought a good birdfeeder and food to help them. So gratifying.
You put a smile on my face watching you harvest for your Blue Jay buddies....it was pouring rain here today and my wife and I were tempted not to go out to take care of the Birds....but the Jays started calling and my wife donned rain gear and off she went.....we don't have Hazel Nuts here,,..... at least I have never seen them but I will keep my eyes open......I just got a ton of wood pellets delivered and can't wait for Juncos to arrive ...... in the morning the chill is in the air....all the best to you guys ...thanks for all the good times watching your work
You're wife and I would get along well, haha! I can't count how many times I went out in bad weather just to see the birds and help them out a little. :) The Juncos are busily foraging in my area lately, while some of them do seem to leave many also stay and I just love watching them this time of the year. Enjoy them when they arrive I'm sure they will be eager for all the goodies you and your wife will have for them. All the very best to you two as well, Russ. Blessings.
I luv watching blue jays bob up and down. I noticed crows do that also. So cute. 💜☮️
I adore Bluejays! Now I want to plant hazelnut trees!
Great and maybe you'll have some jays in 25 yrs.
Sweet babies work so hard for their food...❤️
They certainly do. Thank you for watching :)
Have you ever tried to open a hazelnut without any tool? It's impressive that Blue Jays can do it just with their beak. Even though I have seen you feeding birds in the wild out of your hand before, it never ceases to amaze me how much trust you can build up in your feathered friends.
They are not easy to crack that's for sure. I'm always amazed at the fact that they can break through with their bills. It's incredible, they really do work hard for them. All the hours and years I've spent with this same group of jays is a big factor into why they have come to trust me so much. not many people would devote so much time and energy like that. The bad weather and all the miles I've walked just to make my rounds to see them, sometimes I wonder what the heck I'm doing! haha!
You surely are doing something wonderful@@LesleytheBirdNerd
0:00 OMG! The first thing that strikes me is the quality of the video is so beautiful! Whatever equipment was used to shoot this footage must be top notch. Either that or the settings for the video processing software have been tweaked perfectly. Whatever you've done, Lesley, this video looks stunning.
Thank you very much Peter. It's mostly the camera settings that I use when capturing the videos, but the day that video was recorded we had some smoke in our atmosphere from those wildfires. For whatever reason it made the quality of my pictures and videos during that time really good. :)
I love the sharp focus you get on the birds as well. You really make the birds shine through the foliage -- and the foliage itself looks stunning. You're very talented🙂@@LesleytheBirdNerd
Great video! My husband laughs at me for pre-cracking the sunflower seeds for the birds.
You are a good woman.😊
I saw a bluejay flying off from a neighbour's feeder once - and I thought it was carrying a large piece of pasta! 😍 Of course it was a peanut in the shell.
Interesting about the hazelnuts. I bring back acorns from the trees at our library, and throw them on the lawn under the cedars. Someone gets them.
I'm living in Germany for many years now and miss the bluejays I remember from the US east coast. I always marvelled at their beautiful plumage.
I love this video Leslie!! Your love for birds is an amazing and beautiful thing to see!! In my feeding/caring for/loving birds...and my cat also...I have learned more from them than any one, or anything else about LIFE!! ❤️❤️
Very COOL! When My bird feeder tray is low on seed, the doves stare at my back sliding door waiting for me.
They actually act like a gang and bully all the other birds, including the blue jays.
Hope the Jays have a large store of nuts this fall.....I love the Jays and wish them a safe and plentiful winter.❤
Thank you! I have a small flock of chickens that free range my yard. We also have quite a few predators, arial and ground dwellers. I have come to listen for the jays. When they are noisy, a hawk is near by, my chickens go on alert and head for the bushes.
I saw a post from a birdwatcher who said they had surprise sunflowers growing in their yard, that they hadn't planted. Jay planted the seeds!
Thank you! Loved this, and the Jays!
Glad you enjoyed it!
So cute to see the Blue Jay chase after the acorn with the bigger one in it's beak first. I'm a big fan of the Blue Jay. For decades I have seen the birds at my feeders. They happily share the food I have provided with other birds. The ones I feel sorry for are the Robins bc they don't eat seed. I put out apple slices but they didn't touch it. Any suggestions?
Excellent. Haven't stopped by for a while, so it is a delight to be able to stop in and enjoy some bluejay action. Thanks so much. 😊
Wonderful :) Thank you for checking it out.
Oh Bird Goddess....you are so wonderful to our feathered friends.....even pulling the husks off...you just rock. Thank you!
We are blessed with a couple beautiful blue jays. I am getting familiar with their different calls. I think they are one of the most amazing birds.
They are endlessly interesting and so fun to observe. :)
I love your picture 🥰
Love this bluejay video, Lesley, thanks for posting!
Thanks a bunch. :)
I love your videos and I love blue jays! ❤
Amazing video Lesley!! I learned a lot about these characters just by watching ! Thank you.
We hand raised a baby Blue Jay. Perhaps because it imprinted on humans, it was the sweetest bird, and so very intelligent. One issue was that B.J. had no fear of any human, and not all people are comfortable with a full-grown Blue Jay landing on their head or shoulder! We love them!
Awesome! I've seen squirrels and chippies go after hazelnuts but never birds. Too funny that they watch and wait for you to pick the nuts apart for them (so spoiled!)
Thanks for the video and enjoy your week- take care. 😀🐦
Hahaha, spoiled is right. :) You have a great week too, Todd.
Definitely learned something new. This is great. I'm coming to love my Jays as much as my Chickadees, Crows and Nuthatches. Even rescued a stuck young Cowbird earlier this year. It looked at me funny for a little bit like it couldn't believe I didn't eat it and then flew off. (lol it was just probably exhausted.).
Aww that is so nice of you and a funny interpretation of how it was looking at you. :)
Love your channel ❤
Thank you Patricia :)
Sorry, Lesley, YT insists now that we either watch their own commercial content or buy a monthly YT subscription. I watch creators' commercial content, that's enough. And I've already reached my limit of paid media subscriptions. Thanks for all the wonderful content. I'll greatly miss it.
If they'll eat acorns, send them to my house. Acorns aplenty! Thanks, Lesley!
Squirrels love them too!😊
Blue Jays are so beautiful and curious.
We've recently had a pair of blue jays visit our feeder this year, and had the delightful opportunity to watch them raise 3 fledglings. We call the pair Buddy and Sketch (not sure why Buddy but now we think it's because we've watched so many of your videos 😅) - happy birding, Lesley and thank you for all that you do! 💙🤍🖤 from NYC
Too adorable, love it! :) Thank you for watching
I love your sweet blue jays! And though I love hazlenuts, I've never seen one on a tree. So exotic and strange husks! I live in Washington about halfway between Seattle and Vancouver. I have a lot of Stellers Jays here, which are wild and raucous, but they love the whole peanuts I give them. 🐥
Only a birdbrain would pass on an opportunity to let silly humans do their work for them ... as if ... lol ...
Very nice video!!!
Thank you for your videos It has given me a new hobby as I have always loved song birds the joy of your videos watching the chickadees was extremely rewarding I am subscribing to your channel to try and learn more about birding thanks Jan McLellan from Vancouver Island BC Canada
I have a pair of Jay's 🐦that have decided to take up fall residency in a backyard pine 🌲❤. The last few days they've become VERY vocal n' busy setting up residency as well as 'shooing' and 'dive 💣 bombing the local squirrel 🐿️ population❗😊❣️
4:43 He cannot believe you are doing this for him, awestruck!
Love throwing out a couple of handfuls of peanuts in the shell every morning. 6-8 Jays quickly clean them up!
It's a battle for the peanuts in my yard between the squirrels, chipmunks and bluejays. Jays have the other 2 out numbered so they get the most. It's funny how finicky they can be, going through 3 or 4 different ones before they find the right one. Fun to watch them hop around too. And the prettiest birds I've ever seen.
Greetings. I love your videos. Birds are my favorites. These days I am getting close to a blue jay that comes every week to eat the seeds I bring. I can tell that he is very intelligent, curious and more daring than the northern cardinal, who also comes every afternoon with his partner. It is a unique and wonderful experience to be able to contemplate them. You do a very good job, thank you for that.
What amazing bird's. Thank you for sharing this video.
Thank you so much for your always informative and entertaining videos. I have several dozens who call my feeder THEIRS. Actually, a couple years ago, I started feeding them at ground level in a couple large clay garden pots, filled with sand to within an inch of the rim --- in which I put their loose peanut half, and still in the shell peanuts. The Jays and larger Woodpeckers like that ............ but I've also gotten my Cardinals to join in on the loose peanut half .... along with the Titmauses (and of course Alvin, My Chipmunk). My oldest pair of Jays has been coming for close to 20 years now ... when they first started they would actually pick them up, one by one .... checking for the weight .... flying away with the heavier one (sometimes after trying to accomodate two [in shell]). They were also the first to come to understand that they could put a number of loose half-peanuts in, and then ALSO pick up one in the shell. VERY INDUSTRIOUS ! A couple of the older Cardinals have also come to understand that they too can - if they find something to carry it by ... like a bit of root ... fly off with a whole / in-shell peanut too. In the beginning years, there was strife when they were all feeding from the one feeder ... but now that they are more or less FOOD SECURE, they will actually quite politely fly in and wait on the telephone line, or a branch for THEIR turn .... and they are very conscientious of their place in the que. I think that for most birds, aggressiveness is a learned reaction to FOOD INSECURITY ... so that if they're hungry, or worried about eating tomorrow ... they will get testy. I just love that all of mine (for the most part, anyway) have become secure in knowing there will be food for them tomorrow (though in order to discourage pigeons [rat-doves], I don't feed until late afternoon. That gives them most of the day to do their bugging and harvesting of OTHER natural food sources. Since I taught them (along with some of the Praying Mantises, Frogs, and Wolf Spiders) to eat Stink Bugs .... NOW by this time of year so far, I've only caught a dozen or so .... meaning they've been getting them in the trees - yeah !!! (When those dreadful things first invaded I was catching a couple quart jars FULL each Autumn). Anyway - I hate that so many people wrongly buy into the 'mean Blue Jays' stereotype, and try every chance I get to dispell it. They are among the most interesting, curious, humorous, kindly [remarkable with their mates and offspring training] and beautiful birds there are - and I say that mostly because they are the most attentive and interactive. When I call them (by whistling, or voice) - they come ... and now the others have caught on as well. This time of year, though - the Juniors of all the pairs can be challenging .................. especially the whiners .... and then the ones who after learning the 'HAWK' AND 'CAT' CALLS .... learn that they can use it (crying wolf) to bump up their place in the que by terrorizing all the rest to flight into the trees and bushes. Usually by the Winter, though - they've become better educated as to the inappropriateness of that sort of thing. LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, AND KUDOS ON THE EXPERT VIDEOGRAPHY AND EDITING !!!!! Franz
What a delightful video! The jays are so pretty. I love to watch them when I get the chance. Thank you! ❤
I live in BC Canada and only see the Stellars Jay but I think they are so beautiful, cheeky and moody, but beautiful. It would be amazing to see one of these beauties some day!
I totally understand Bluejays' love for hazelnuts... I love them, too! I had no idea they would go 2.5 miles away to hide them though! That's a lot of work! So nice of you to help them out. 😊 I don't think most people realize or take the time to appreciate how hard life is for birds (ALL animals) just to survive. It's not like they can go to the grocery store or get medical care when they need it, not to mention how their lives depend on being aware of predators all the time.
This video reminds me of how much we need to keep our yards full of native plants, bushes and trees, and never buy invasive ones that can be spread far and wide into wild areas. Our bird and animal friends' lives literally depend on it! Thank you for yet another fantastic video!
Scientists say that the Blue Jay is one of the animals native to the eastern United States and southeastern Canada that is credited for helping oak forests thrive since ancient times. Blue Jays, squirrels, and chipmunks are all very valuable to nature when it comes to their harvesting and caching of seeds and nuts.
Love this, thank you Leslie. Happy birding to you as well. 🐦
Hey thank you for checking it out. Have a great day :)
Very interesting and informative, with beautiful footage! I live much further south amidst a lot of oak trees, so the blue jays here have plenty of acorns (plus the peanuts from my feeders). Thank you!
You're Blue Jays are soo lucky to have such an abundance of food to choose from :) Thank for the kind comment.
Thank you for your wonderful, amazing videos! Thank you for all of your hard work! Stay awesome! 🐦🎶
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The blue jay is a beautiful bird! We don’t have them in the west, but we have Stellar’s jays. They are also very intelligent birds! Thank you for this video! ✌🏼💖
Another fine video Lesley. Seeing them trying to get two nuts in their beaks at once is a good chuckle!
Great footage of the Blue jays Lesley! Thanks for always sharing with us!💖😎👍JP
Thanks a bunch :) I hope you have a great day!
@@LesleytheBirdNerd Your very welcome Lesley! and Thank you! you have a great day as well!😎
Blue Jays and other Corvid family members are amazing. ❤️
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Great video as always Leslie. Someone should invent a solar powered nut cracker for our feathered friends to use!
Thank you
Lesley, ❤
I too have Blue Jays,.
They also like unshelled Walnuts.
Like your video 👍👍
Take Care and Stay Safe 🙏❤️
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"Happy Birding"
My formerly very prolific troupe of birds, have jumped ship...So odd! There has recently been a lot of Owl activity front and back in this area, (skunks being hunted at night, which is a favorite food of the owls...) So my theory is the birds have cleared out due to the owls. And the 🎉assorted hawks, too.
Love the video Lesley, Blue jays are so smart we have them in our backyard in Spring and Summer then they start thinning out.We always give them their favorite,peanuts! Thank you and take care ❤ Northeast Georgia Mountains USA
Delighted with your presentation on blue jays, and especially their harvesting of hazel nuts. While out on one of my country walks in Vermont, I happened on a stand of hazel bushes along the roadside. Was surprised to learn that none of my neighbors were aware of these prolific nut bushes almost in their back yards! I transplanted several to my yard, and enjoyed watching the local fauna (myself included) enjoy the subsequent bounty.
Aww how awesome that you did that :)
I have noticed over the years the general pecking order of my flat feeder. Number one are any of the woodpeckers. Other birds scatter when any of them come to feed, even if it is a small Downy Woodpecker. Then it's the Mourning Doves, followed by Grackles, Red Winged Blackbirds and then the Blue Jays. Then the Grosbeaks, Finches and Sparrows. They all seem to get along. Chickadees and Nuthatches seem to be the most skiddish of them all.
Most interesting. Love seeing this deep level of nature observation - bird and plant. ❤
I sure enjoyed seeing this! Have watched a number of years now. As a boy my mother saved a blue jay when I was around 7 years old. Now over 10 decades I still enjoy them.
They now call to me, you know the squeaky gate 😊 one looks right at me and I put peanuts on the top feeder.
Thanks again for your inspirational videos!
What a gift you have and share as well
God Bless you!
Beautiful photo at :39 wow! I love the eyes, so cute
Our blue jays love shelled walnuts!
Blue Jay's, the Jerks of the bird world!
thank you for this wonderful video, Lesley! Although I live really rural, I have surprisingly few birds in my area (lots of cows but they aren't fun to watch). I only see Jays once or twice a year, two Bluebirds in 5 years, a fair number of Finches, a few Robins, a couple of pairs of my favorite Wrens, and the occasional Dove. So, watching your videos is both informative and a chance to see beautiful birds that I otherwise would miss!
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I go through two bags of nutts in a week , love ther antics.
What a lovely video... and he ate right out of your hand. Beautiful.
I love blue jays. And watching them through my window, they are so beautiful. As always your video was great. I have learned a lot from you. Thank you❤
Hello Leslie!! We just moved from the valley to the mountains!
In the valley, we had scrub jays, in the mtns, we have stellar jays!
My husband feeds the Grey and Blue Jays:)
More than peanuts? That's crazy talk!
Would you ever make a video about how you won over the trust of birds and got them to land on your hand? I feel like I'd just be waiting forever in the hot sun
Me too! I've tried it but no luck. The number of dees dees I got from the chickadees finally chased me back inside.
Wish I had hazelnut bushes, not only for the jays but for myself too!
God I love birbs soooooo much ❤
Blue jays aren't bad. They're just noisy!
I have 2 trees here in Montréal, no nuts yet though, the flower is tiny little star shaped. Your vid should be titled "How to train humans to harvest for us!" Best wishes everyone, I'm off to Niagara Falls this weekend, my adult children and their spouses are taking me, we've all never been!
Ah, so that's why my Scrub jays have started to pickup peanuts again. It's fall. They didn't seem to care about the peanuts through summer. OK.
One thing I want to mention is teenage birds and their parents. It's hysterical, the begging. One mom or dad was so flustered at the in your face screaming that it dropped its little bug. As the bug fell to the ground a shriek came from the teen. The youngster dropped at once into the underbrush and leaves and started looking for the bug! OMG. Of course you have seen the parents ignoring the screams, but I wonder if ignoring them is voluntary? The parents look like their brains are scrambled by that sound. And the teens look as big as the parents. But are not fully 'psycho-socially' developed.
Another incident. A parent and an overgrown-child mockingbirds in the planter in by backyard. The kid was hounding the parent. Just standing and screaming at it as the parent, I'll say mom, scratched dirt in the planter. Seemed to be profitable. The kid just screaming. Mom ignoring and doing her thing. Mom moved from her spot with a hop. Kid standing there. What to do? Follow mom and scream? Or see what mom was up to? This was absolutely precious. It got curious about the dirt where mom had been just a hop ago. Trying to serve two masters, it was undecided. Look at mom. Look at mom's former dirt. Dirt won. The teen started to dig. Flick leaves, toss pebbles. While thus engaged, mom flitted up to the capstones on my cinder block fence. Guess who didn't notice, except for one little bit. As mom was in flight up, the little head turned to mom and then turned back. It was an "Oh wait. Oh wait!" But the little one stayed on. And kept digging a bit. I wondered if it would find its mom? Of course it would. Like they don't need me to worry much about where they nest either.
I thought. So that's how. From clingy to adult. It was me feeling those parts of life in me and in a bird, so ancient as to be timeless, and perhaps then as ancient, in balance. This hints to me not of being 'in balance'; but just in recognizing I am a whole as is each of they. But now years later, I realize. How? How does it all work, this passing of wisdom from one generation to the next?
By showing. Not telling. Showing. And that phrase, to show, not to tell, I heard from authoress Natalie Goldberg in a streamed talk. When writing a story, show. Don't tell. Show. The mom mockingbird didn't scream back. She didn't cajole. She said not one word that I could tell of. She showed. She trusted something ancient. She had been shown to trust. To trust what? Could we call it the middle way? Who cares what it's called? It feels that way.
If the mamma bird had this curse of words? Would she stray? Or a frog that has of a sudden morphed from male to female? Or a queen bee out of the hive and in distress? What then the words to us, from they who live well without them? "Can't they see what we are showing?" Said from the heart of trust. In consternation and disbelief. Since in trust we couldn't know and then still so do? Don't we always know the difference between the words say and do? Of course this plagues us until we can be a plague nevermore. My heart breaks when I wonder if it is too late for our species, only a hundred thousand years old or so, to grow into the middle way. Or to die off while taking all with us who know of it and instead thrive as a whole? How long this arc Dr. King spoke of, there and seeming beyond time?
Amazing
Just so interesting!
Thanks Lesley, that was fun!