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As I walked down the hill to pick up my kids from a neighbor's house last
evening I heard a great beautiful racket. I followed the chirping to a
swampy hardwood stand along the side of the road and came upon a flock of at
least 50, maybe as many as 100 or more, American goldfinches. I stalled for
about 15 minutes and soaked it up. There were also some very happy looking
chickadees, nervous morning doves and grackles.
Amazing happenings: As I left the house I looked up to find the blue jay I
was hearing, there it was and just beneath it on the same tree was a crow,
both looking right at me, and the blue jay screaming for my attention. After
5 to 10 minutes of exchanging pleasantries, (in blue jay language,) I
started to walk away, and looked over my shoulder to watch the two of them
fly off together to another tree further back in the woods. The crows have
been talking to me for months now, I talk back; we follow each other around
in the woods. Do crows and blue jays hang out together? Is it possible that
my friend the crow was introducing me to its friend the blue jay? It is
possible that I am enjoying them and reading too much into their actions.
Please send me your thoughts on this; I'll keep you posted as this
relationship develops.
Talking to the birds, Noel Taussig
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>As I walked down the hill to pick up my kids from a neighbor’s
house last evening I heard a great beautiful racket… I followed the
chirping to a swampy hardwood stand along the side of the road and came upon a
flock of <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>at least 50</span></b>, <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>maybe as many as 100 or more,</span></b> <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>American goldfinches</span></b>. I stalled for about
15 minutes and soaked it up. There were also some very happy looking chickadees,
nervous morning doves and grackles.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Amazing happenings:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> As I left
the house I looked up to find the blue jay I was hearing, there it was and just
beneath it on the same tree was a crow, both looking right at me, and the blue
jay screaming for my attention. After 5 to 10 minutes of exchanging pleasantries,
(in blue jay language,) I started to walk away, and looked over my shoulder to
watch the two of them fly off together to another tree further back in the
woods. The crows have been talking to me for months now, I talk back; we follow
each other around in the woods. Do crows and blue jays hang out together? Is it
possible that my friend the crow was introducing me to its friend the blue jay?
It is possible that I am enjoying them and reading too much into their actions.
Please send me your thoughts on this; I’ll keep you posted as this
relationship develops.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Talking to the birds, Noel Taussig</span></font></p>
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