Sunday, May 27, 2012
Birds and bees
Supposedly we learn the facts of life from the birds and the bees. I doubt that
anyone really uses that analogy, but now I'm wondering if the birds have learned something from the bees.
As I was heading for the door to take out the trash, I heard a noisy gathering of Default Brown Birds on the porch. I stopped behind the screen door; luckily the birds were too busy to notice me.
Default Brown Bird 1 was on the porch making all the noise. Birds 2 and 3 were on the first step, watching Bird 1 intently. The illustrated action was happening repeatedly, in a nearly invariant loop. Bird 1 CHEEPED while vibrating his wings; then Birds 2 and 3 touched beaks with Bird 1 for a couple seconds. I couldn't see any food; looked more like a transfer of information.
Reminds me of the way bees are supposed to tell each other where the good stuff is found. Were the birds doing something similar, or is this more of a mating dance?
anyone really uses that analogy, but now I'm wondering if the birds have learned something from the bees.
As I was heading for the door to take out the trash, I heard a noisy gathering of Default Brown Birds on the porch. I stopped behind the screen door; luckily the birds were too busy to notice me.
Default Brown Bird 1 was on the porch making all the noise. Birds 2 and 3 were on the first step, watching Bird 1 intently. The illustrated action was happening repeatedly, in a nearly invariant loop. Bird 1 CHEEPED while vibrating his wings; then Birds 2 and 3 touched beaks with Bird 1 for a couple seconds. I couldn't see any food; looked more like a transfer of information.
Reminds me of the way bees are supposed to tell each other where the good stuff is found. Were the birds doing something similar, or is this more of a mating dance?
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