Some days back I watched in amazement how a group of birds who build intricate hanging nests, by getting together gathered enough force to make an errant squirrel retreat when it got too close to one of the nests.
This was a neighborhood doing. This was all the birds who had spent so much time building these incredible nests congregating and as one, chasing the enemy away. I was so impressed.
And now today I heard a lot of noise from the back forties, a noise I have heard before when the birds are threatened. These were the blue and black Jays who were making quite a ruckus and as I watched them diving and flapping at something in the tree, I saw the reason.
There was a big and not very friendly snake, all twirled around the branches of a tree and very pissed off by the unwanted attention of the jays. Finally it slithered down the tree stump and tried to hide in the undergrowth, but one of the Jays would not give up and kept chattering and dive bombing and , when given a chance, picking at the snake who by now, I imagine, wanted nothing more than just to get away.
Which was fine by me. This is not a fella one would want to find on the terrace; he easily measured 2 meters ( 6 feet) and thick as an arm, so I encouraged the bird to chase the bugger so he would leave the neighborhood all together. I mean, Puertoricenos and snakes and yappy white mini dogs, one might as well sell out and move on.
Disney's birds might be good at tying bows and sing in harmony but my birds, my birds can chase squirrels and snakes. Maybe they don't sound so good, but boy can they deliver.
I feel a lot safer with my birds around me.
2 comments:
David and Goliaht, and some in between. :-)
I am with you about the snakes, do we really need snakes? Go birds! Thanks for the laughs!
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