(INTO THE WOODS AND BEYOND!)
THE WORDPRESS ISSUES OF YESTERDAY SEEM TO HAVE BEEN IRONED OUT.
BECAUSE THE SNOW AND COLD ARE HANGING ON WITH A GREAT AMOUNT OF DETERMINATION, I’M SHOWING YOU SOMETHING ELSE THAT’S HANGING ON WITH GREAT DETERMINATION…THE BIRDS.
THIS IS A BLUE JAY, FEATHERS ALL PUFFED UP TO KEEP OUT THE COLD.
IF YOU ASKED ME TO GO SIT ON A BRANCH WHILE IT’S SNOWING AND FREEZING WITH NOTHING MORE THAN A COAT OF FEATHERS…I’D PUNCH YOU. (Sorry, that was mean.)
BLUE JAYS… SMART, QUICK, CLEVER, BEAUTIFUL…FREE.
THE “CALL” THAT IS MOST ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, IS LOUD…MENTIONED OFTEN AS A “JEER”. THEY MAKE THEIR PRESENCE AND OPINION KNOWN. THEY USE THIS JEER TO WARN OTHERS IN THEIR FLOCK.
THEY ARE BRAVE…THEY FEAR NO OTHER BIRD, TAKING ON HAWKS THAT ARE FOUR TIMES THEIR SIZE.
THEY SOAR THROUGH THE AIR AND FLY HIGH TOWARD THE HEAVENS.
I ASKED THIS GROUP OF BLUE JAYS WHAT THEIR NAMES WERE…
EACH ONE ANSWERED…”I AM CHARLIE…I AM CHARLIE…I AM CHARLIE…I AM CHARLIE.”
I AM CHARLIE.
These Blue Jays are keeping their feet tucked under their bodies to stay warm…I hardly ever see this..but it’s getting to be a regular occurrence. Our windchill factor has been down as low as 35 degrees below zero and birds are still showing up for birdseed…I hope that they are able to outlast this series of Arctic Blasts.
The words above are the words the blue jay is singing as he begins his approach to get a snack.
Seeing the other bird, he “threw it into reverse”..And I imagine he probably stopped singing and I imagine he said “WHOA”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How did he not notice the big woodpecker dining right in front of him?
A WINDOW INTO THE WOODS 