As he says, IT'S WELL WORTH THE EFFORT. By chance at a public park, where someone must've already acclimated the birds prior to our arrival, my then girlfriend and I, on a whim, stuck out our hands with some sunflower seeds and a Chickadee connected with each of us. Yes, it was an amazing THRILL. The connection was truly spiritual. It was one of the signs that we should marry, so we did (20 years this month).
Oh me too. My neighbours are trying to get me to eliminate all the bushes, trees and …. wait for it … birds and flying insects from my beautiful ancient Nature-rich garden. Also anything that ‘slides’, like worms, for example.
@@d.w.stratton4078 I find they just react to a kind presence. I am a big meat eater, though not a hunter, and I have no problem getting animals to come.
This is wonderful! I have a local squirrel who recognizes me and pops up looking for a nut, placing his little paw in my palm and picks up his treat. The touch of that small paw feels like a privilege every time.
My childhood best friend had squirrels that would walk into his back door, through his kitchen, into the little pantry, and take food from the dog food dish before going back outside lol. They'd take nuts out of our hands on his back porch too. Super funny.
How neat. My girlfriend and I raised a little bird from a fallen nest and eventually set him free once he matured. We both still miss him regularly. It's amazing how we all bond as animals. I hope you're flying high Harvey.. Ps they are fascinatingly smart for having such little brains. I love nature so much.
They sure are eating and pooping machines though. I had been telling my other half we needed to let him go and then when she did I was sad like uhh maybe I didn't want him to go lol. I still miss him. He started pecking our faces when he wanted to be fed and always wanted to be on your head. They make the most interesting darting eye movements and body language. Life is an amazing thing.
Me and my wife did the same thing. It would fly from its little area we made it in a top dresser drawer and land on my shoulder. When we first found it ,it had no feathers. We carried it to a bird hospital /sanctuary at a state park near us and they eventually realesed it in the general area we found her😢
@@pajamaninja2157 I would assume they waited until a feeder was getting recognized as food and slowly got closer and closer. I've had hummingbirds land on my feeder while I am less than 2 or 3 feet away from it, but I've never tried holding a food source. I think they make ring-style feeders that can go on your hand for it. They are kind of like woodpeckers imo, very oblivious once they start eating.
Wow I fed a chickadee twice out of my hand today and it was some cool experience! Thank you for your knowledge and wow am I pruning my chimneys which has helped me so much! You are a gem Stephan! 🌱👍💚
My dees are spoiled! I always keep my feeders full, except for a couple hours for cleaning. I hand feed them chopped raw walnuts. I get a bag from Costco and keep them in the fridge. I can't whistle/bird call like that. Dees are smart and will understand when you are talking to them. I say "Hey, buddies" They've been IN the feeder and will LEAVE the feeder because I have walnuts which they love! Hey buddies = walnuts! 3 or 4 chopped/broken walnuts makes 20-25 little dee bite sized pieces. They follow me around beeping for walnuts.
With a particularly shy bird, I’ve noticed it REALLY helps to where if they just won’t come, you out a little food on something closer to them or on the ground. It’s almost like they realize “hey, this guy just genuinely wants to be my friend, and aren’t trying to trick me! I don’t have to be afraid of them!”. I turn my back a lot to particularly nervous birds as well, as they eat, or I read or look through the Audubon app. Anything to where I’m not looking at them for a bit. Then they’ll sorta get distracted, look over, and realize I’d been watching them for two whole minutes lol. One of the mourning doves REALLY wants to land on my arm but just can’t get it. He hovers above me for a few seconds then has to fly off and land on a perch, line, tree, or grass. I’m working with him though!
Birds are very smart. You're probably right, this method probably works. After all if you wanted to ambush them you wouldn't waste your bait by throwing it well out of your reach! And it's not unheard of for birds to give gifts to people, so maybe some understand the concept of giving to others and can recognize when you're doing it?
We live in PA near a park where the wild birds have been trained to eat out of people's hands. I've had Chickadees, Titmice, and Nuthatches come and feed from my hands. It is a glorious experience and very addicting. One thing that I always have besides the black oil sunflower seeds, are crushed, plain peanuts. The Chickadees LOVE them!!!! They reach for the peanuts first!
Whistling is a great skill to have with little birds. I noticed your bird call imitations a few years ago. Also, that you don’t stare directly at them. That seems rude and aggressive to most , if not all, animals and birds. Great video. Thanks! 🦅
@@Medietos This is total bullshit. Animals don't have an Iris and can't indicate by eye movement where someone is looking at. If you stand directly in front of someone but look to the left side, he will not feel as you are staring at him. But animals can't tell if you look to the side or if you are staring and in nature if someone positions himself in front of you, he usually stares and wants to attack. You can observe this behavior in cats and dogs who will rarely look directly at each other and only to indicate a fight but when they are chill with each other they all have this 'approaching in a bow' going on, so they can look at each other with one eye and the other always knows he isn't in focus of the other because for that the position of the body would be different. So just as uncomfortable it is for you is someone is staring at you, animals feel discomforted when your body is positioned to them in a way predators do it to attack. So OP was right and you are wrong. It's just a common pattern in predatory behavior and lots of animals will pick up on that. If you go against this pattern much more animals, even/especially wild ones, will feel much more comfortable close to you. It doesn't have anything to do with any kind of spirit.
I used to feed pigeons out of my hand when I was a little kid some decades back, it was a really fun experience to be able to observe the birds up close. I love birds.
@@woodypigeon quite some characters, I'm feeding one for over 5 years now, sometimes he is grumpy or will see me as a competitor, and he will lash out with his wing, just like he would beat up another pigeon.
@@gitmoholliday5764 Yes, they really are proper characters. The flocks in the town where I live have trained me to feed them several times a week. I can't walk through town now without being conspicuously surveilled and often swarmed by a entire flock if they are particularly hungry. I daren't leave the house now unless I am carrying seed. My little friends. They own me now, bless them. I could never abandon them. Pigeons are great.
@@woodypigeon well.. they did train you to feed them, but who knows next they will teach you one or two secrets around magnetism and electricity just like Nicola Tesla allegedly said after retirement.
The Robin is the bravest little bird to eat from your hand here in the UK. I’ve yet to have a Blue Tit land on me, they’re so skittish, but I’m working on it! Connection to nature is such a joy. Thanks so much for the hints and tips x
I heard that prey animals are careful about eyes, so if you can hide them they think you’re an inanimate object. So I used to do fun projects with my little nieces and decorate short paper bags with plant designs and cut horizontal narrow slits where our eyes were, put them over our heads, and stand very close to the feeder when the seeds were low, with a big pile of seeds in our hand and they would come.
Moved from the city to an old cabin, started feeding them every day, and after 2 weeks they didn't wait for me to finish filling the feed. some even landed on my hood. Haven't tried feeding from my hand, but I'm happy to stand next to the feeder to watch them. I think having a calm nature, peace of mind and no stress affects their trust levels. I usually talk to them. When the feeder is empty they will fly around the cabin and let me now -as my office window is on the other side of the cabin, they'll land on my window still and gently peck on it. Very cute!
We've been feeding the birds for decades here but in recent years, as trees we planted years ago matured (white cedars) and provided lots of refuge and nesting spots, the population exploded. Blue Jays, 3 kinds of woodpeckers, juncos, mourning doves, nuthatches, chickadees, cardinals (and that's just the winter birds). This year I made the attempt to get the chickadees to land on my hand and it didn't take long before it worked. I always talk when I fill the feeders so they're used to me. I call out, "C'mon little birds... little birds... little birds... c'mon-c'mon!" They show up pretty fast now. Nuthatches come close too but they don't land on me. It is a thrilling feeling when they choose to land on me.
That's awesome Eldon that you've built a relationship and gained their trust! Must be so exciting to have them eat from your hand. I'm looking forward to it!
@@cpnotill9264 .... We planted a white cedar near (about 15') our bird feeder to replace a larger one that had to be cut down several years ago when we built a new porch. Little birds feel safer if they have dense cover they can retreat to if a threat should appear. We also have a lilac bush about 25' away which they like to go to in between trips to the feeder but nothing beats a nice thick white cedar. It will be a few years yet before the new white cedar is big enough to provide good cover.
@@StefanSobkowiak I have a rescued bluejay who cannot be released due to a feather defect. When I first began caring for him, he would perch on my hand and even cuddle. However, after a couple trips to the vet and the need to restrain him by hand for examinations, he has grown wary and will not sit in my hand now. He will still take food from my fingers, but he won't let me touch him anymore. Any suggestions? Bluejays have a long lifespan, so I'm hoping he will grown to trust me again after a while.
I love birds and although it has never been my goal to feed birds out of my hand they now follow me everywhere when I feed them. Some are very shy but others fly up to you and sit on your leg or head and it's so much fun.
Wonderful just use it as a learning opportunity for building patience. When it happens have a camera ready it will be a memorable moment for both of you
It is really fun to see that the birds see you as "the guy wit the food". They can find me anywhere in the wood when I take a walk. The only down side is during hunting. They still find me really easily.. and the deer thanks them for that! It was a hard hunting season full of birds.
It had all started with one Ol' crow with one eye i nicknamed Odin that i would leave fresh water out for on my boat. In the spring he brought his mate and young to meet me. Now I have generations of crows that come visit me when i'm down at the docks all these years later. I hold out my arms as i walk and they come flying down and follow me as i'm coming down the road.
My brother-in-law does this regularly at his job in northern Michigan-something that I've always thought might be fun to do in my part of the state. Great video!
Black capped chickadees are so pretty. I painted some small pieces with little santa hats on branches with snow for Christmas presents. People loved them. They are so dainty. What a fun hobby. I have lots of birds who come when I call them to my back deck to feed them. But they are crows, wrens, scrub jays, and stellars. They cheer me. They are my friends. If they are hungry sometimes the crows call me too. They wait for me to wake up which is quite polite. The eagle living behind me says hello when I open my back door. We talk back and forth taking turns. It's so fun. We are conversing even though I have no idea how to speak eagle. I say Hello and talk about the weather, etc. It's more about the acknowledgemnt and respect. 🥰
It also takes a pure soul. Birds are the purest creatures in the world. If you can communicate with birds then your soul is pure. I can sense this man is pure just from this video alone.
We don't have exotic bird's where I live. We do with the bird's no one wants around, pigions, gulls, black birds and the odd few sparrows. Best fed bird's in Dublin,dried porridge oats for the pigions and gulls they will eat anything. My little bit of city wildlife, still connected. ☘️
Oh my god! I'm having so much fun! I have one chickadee coming over and over. I reconize him/her because he/she's different! He/she even comes when I'm doing chores outside and he's/she's yelling at me from upclose like:" what are you doing? I'm hungry!" Ha ha ha!
They yell at me too..I like to talk to them when they land in my hand...I think they are just angry because they really don't want people around, they much prefer to eat off the ground or feeder or whatever.
Oh the fluttering of their beautiful tiny wings..What an amazing experience....Bless their little hearts and Thank you for sharing this wonderful video ❤
Ha, I did it! Twice! Thank you so much for the great advice. I did it just like you showed and it worked. Such a cool experience and a great way to start off spring. Got the chickadees, will work on the other birds, they seemed interested and a lot of them are getting used to me being close. Thanks again!
Last spring I was sitting on my deck and a little titmouse landed on my shoulder and started pulling out my hair for it's nest. It was surprising and really neat. I hope it comes back this year. I read they are pretty easy to hand feed as well.
Great video, Stefan! I just finally got some of the robins in my yard to eat meal worms out of my hand for the first time, and the feeling is just incredible. I'm going to try with the Chickadees now.
That was a delight! I struck up a friendship with a Black-capped Chickadee 2 years ago and began leaving food,but just a week ago,I hadn't put it out yet,but had some walnuts in my hand and spontaneously put my hand out,and bingo! Oh, such a thrill the 1st time!
What a great joy to find someone who so genuinely finds excitement interacting and enjoying our feathered friends! I find many of my friends and family tend to give me the side-eye when I try to share my daily bird sightings and interaction... but I find it just as thrilling and delightful from one day to the next. I'm still reeling from the sight of *TWO!* (count 'em! *TWO*!) pileated woodpeckers at one of my suet feeders earlier this week...what majestic, jaw-dropping, giant Jurassic-looking birds they are...wow! The bird world truly a wondrous, magical place and it's a true pleasure to find others who not only agree but who aren't embarrassed to also share their absolute excitement in enjoying it! 😊
I knew a Jamaican man in Wilmington, DE, who fed birds red pepper flakes in the winter. They LOVE the peppers! I had a budgie that would land on my finger so I could launch him with his clipped wings. He'd circle around and for the next ride till he tired out. You might attract birds with music. Some birds love music!
I miss having a humming bird feeder. The previous place we used to live, we had a regular bird feeder and a humming bird feeder. They used to zoom over my head and right by me when their feeder got low. I hope the new tenets of our previous place are feeding them.
We've got three blackbirds, two males and a female, who have started coming really close to us when we fill the feeders. Everything unintentional, but its great to experience.
put my feeder right beside my workshop-shed, and went about my usual daily routine. Id feed them at the same time every morning and one day I put my hand out before I put the seeds in, and they easily came to eat from my hand. I loved it LOL
Oh, how exciting!. What a delight. :-) I've heard chickadees respond to my call even if I'm whistling poorly. They really seem to like to call and respond. "Once one is doing it the others will follow" - rather like chickens.
Great advice! It took hours of sitting patiently for days and weeks! to get just the Bluejays to take a peanut from near me! But eventually, they started taking peanuts from my fingers. They got to know me! I got to know them! And hence, started a long friendship. But only jays and maybe a cardinal or two. No other birds cane to my hand although they did cone close! It's wonderful getting to know my backyard wildlife!
Stefan you are a trusted soul and an engaged child at heart. Birds are a blessing. Their presence is uplifting to your spirit. My dad loved bird watching and feeding them. This brought back wonderfull memories.
I've been winter feeding some birds at work for the past ~6 weeks or so. We have an out of the way area where I set up a couple of feeders and a suet cage. I noticed this past Friday a couple of chickadees got the closest I've ever seen them while I went out to fill the feeders. Looks like I am getting close. Thanks for the extra hot tips! (I can't whistle, but I do repeat a high-pitched "chickadee-dee-dee" every time I see them. 😁)
I recently moved to a rural area in Michigan and I’m learning a lot about the ways of the garden and nature watching your videos. My son is very into animals/birds/tracks in the snow. Things I’d love to learn more about: Birdhouses: we have tons near my house but I’ve never seen any birds in/near them. We have a wide variety of birds (Robins, cardinals, bluebirds, warblers, blackbirds, woodpeckers, swallows, sparrows, hawks, etc) Natural Deterrents for pests, such as wasps and mice. Vegetable Gardening: how to know when to plant.
I just rescued 4 baby birds and have fallen in love with birds now, they are so young and so strong and so trusting towards me they let me do anything to them and never freak out, they love getting there head scratches, back scratches and there chest scratches, I just taught them all how to fly and it is so fulfilling with all of the work and tweezer feedings individually breaking up there food so I can feed them when they gape, now I have to teach them to catch there own bugs
OMG! thanks so much ....happened to watch one of your bird videos few weeks ago; was so inspired, dug out two really old bird feeders, had such success [-6 F here in Michigan!], bought 6 more! such a joy ...even watching the three resident squirrels, so persistent are they. thanks so much for the inspiration! WOW.
@@StefanSobkowiak You're so encouraging! Hehe it's really nice. You don't see much of that on RUclips. I feel lucky to have stumbled onto this warm and welcoming community. It's a great feeling ☺️ 🐦
My 8 year daughter & i feed doves, wiever birds, sparrows, swallows, robbins & crows on my balcony. One thing I noticed, less movement & less talk/noise goes a long way. I prefer mid mornings & late evenings. It gives one joy & peace of mind.
@@BirdBath1 That's so cute! And your garden looks beautiful. I have bird baths too, but I put some piles of clean rocks into them, so that any insects falling in have a few islands they can swim to, climb up and fly back out.
I was doing this back in late 1970's and 80's. Chickadees loved to eat on my hand and stay there. I also did the same for the deer we fed. The little ones came right up to me. Trick is learning to stay still for a long time.
One year I put black oil sunflower seeds on my deck and many baby sparrows, song sparrows, crested sparrows, junkos and other babies would come and hang out on the deck. Very innocent and friendly, several times one flew by my head and brushed my hair with wing tips, like saying we love you. Very wonderful!
8 years ago when I was in college, I would go to the park every day on my break and would feed the birds. I would use the black sunflower seeds, and non salted peanuts. I would get every kind of bird landing, from sparrows to cardinals, bluejays, and woodpeckers. The bigger birds prefer the peanuts. I also would use my other hand and pointer finger as a landing pad for the hand holding the food, and they will land on your finger first every time. Woodpeckers are scary as they come full speed at you until the last 2 feet when they slow their speed, don't freak out, and don't move. I also used a sound to let them know it was feeding time, like throwing a few seeds high in the air and landing on the hood of my car. Great video.
Wow, this is so much fun to watch and such a great instructional video! Thank you so much for filming this and sharing your knowledge! I have lots of black capped chickadees in my area. I want put a feeder on my balcony so that I can watch the birds feed, and maybe try your techniques! I live in a great area for birds; my neighbor one floor down has a feeder and flowers on their balcony, and I've seen gold finches and even a hummingbird show up!
Takes time. For months there was a one-legged Grackle where I worked that always hung around. Every shift I had I would go outside and try to give him/her a chip. After a while it finally would take it from my hand. It'd never get in my hand but had no problem coming up to me. I never tried petting it. It took a lot more trust on it's part than mine and I respected that.
I've been feeding birds for over 20 years and have been just a few feet away from the feeders and stood there, the chickadees came to the feeder and were not afraid of me. I have never tried to hand-feed them as of yet though. At some point, I will try. Thanks so much for the tips.
Thanks Stefan. I love watching and feeding our backyard birds. I always wondered how to get them to eat from your hand and I will start trying this technique out tomorrow. I know they are used to me, just have to get closer to the feeders, then do as you suggest when they are empty. I had a lot of happiness yesterday bringing a cardinal back to life/senses after plowing into our kitchen window. I warmed him/her/it up and let him sit in my hand for a good 10 minutes before he flew away. Very cool. Happy New Year to All.
Thank you very much, Stefan! I wish I had tried this when I had chickadees around! They were the first ones who came to my feeders. I love their curious and cheeky personalities! (chicka-dee-dee-dee!) ✌🏼💖
Thank you for posting this it’s so peaceful to watch.I have a robin eating from my hand the last two days such joy it gives me.Hope to continue to do this for many years to come.
My Cat LOVED your video - especially when you whistled - she came running and tried to look under the laptop and behind for where the whistling was coming from.
The words translated as "tend and keep" in Genesis (when God says man and woman are to tend and keep the garden of Eden) are the same as when Moses tells Aaron that he and the Levites are to "tend and keep" the sanctuary. The compiler of the Pentateuch was very much trying to convey the concept that the earth is sacred, the act of caring for it is sacred and in keeping with the will of god, and that mankind is both part of nature and part of protecting it. When we cage, exploit, kill, and eat animals, we are not acting in accordance with the Bible. What does Isaiah say of the new earth? "None shall kill in all my holy mountain....the lion shall lie down with the lamb and a little child shall lead them." Perhaps given that we are not obligate carnivores and given that even after the first sin god said our food was the fruit of the tree and the herb of the field we err gravely in ignoring this advice--either from god directly or simply from the collective wisdom of ancient people depending on your beliefs--and instead turn to eating animals and their byproducts. We can certainly feed a whole lot more humans if those humans eat plants than we can if they eat animals that eat plants: that is simple, trophic-level science that you learn in freshman biology class. Or put in a more permaculture orientation: "You don't have a world hunger problem, you have a "not enough veganism" problem." We have more than enough arable land already in production to feed the world many times over, it's just that we're stuffing a disgraceful proportion of it into cows, pigs, chickens, goats, sheep, turkeys, fish, and other animals which we have deemed "domesticable" and have exploited for the flesh of their bodies and their eggs and excretions. Is veganism radical by some standards? Maybe. Is the earth so royally screwed at this point that simply "eating a little less meat" is going to fix things? Yup. If you want to have results you've never had before, you must be willing to do things you've never done before. We have never, in my lifetime, reduced carbon emissions or taken any steps to halt or reverse climate change. We must, therefore, be willing to take increasingly drastic steps to address the very real crises looming from peak oil, peak water, microplastics in everything form the Mariana Trench to the summit of Mt. Everest (and even aerosolized far above that), the increase of average global temperature and the wildly unpredictable fluctuations in weather that entails (yes, it can be COLDER because the overall temperature of the earth is warmer, think about shaking a rope fixed at one end more vigorously: you get bigger peaks and lower troughs in the sine-form wave moving down the rope...that's what raising the earth's average temperature does), etc. Please, if you cannot find it in yourself to eat a vegan diet because you care about animal lives and if you cannot find it in yourself to do it because humans are exploited by animal industries (think of meat-packing warehouse employees who were forced to work through COVID and who died in droves because of it, as well as literal slave labor used on board many fishing vessel globally and realize that you are exploiting not just non-human bodies, but human bodies as well), then for pity's sake, at least do it to reduce methane and carbon emissions. Carbon is between 10 and 20-times more greenhouse effect-inducing than methane and some 80%+ of it comes from the meat and dairy industries. If you're composting at home, you can also take steps to make sure your pile isn't spewing methane as it degrades by burying as much organic matter as you can under mulch instead of rotting it in a heap, though I realize this is not always possible, i.e. if you have only a small plot of land. Anyway, I digress. I just get so frustrated with how the permaculture community REFUSES to be intersectional in any way and instead looks only at one aspect of bettering the world. You cannot put much of a dent in the systems of oppression at play in the world around us by taking a single approach to things. But by looking at the intersection of many things like climate change, social inequality, wealth disparity, the collapse of infrastructure, the rise of far-right movements, eco-fascism, human trafficking, racial dynamics, etc. you can begin to find common threads that run through all of these problems. It's a bit like untangling a snarled line in that it requires patience, persistence, and focus. A solution to the world's problems does exist, it's just going to be a pain in the ass to do, which is also a bit like untangling a snarled line.
@@d.w.stratton4078how the heck you have the time and energy to write such a long comment in the comment section of a simple man feeding birds?! No one wants eco socialism here!
I can't wait to show my 7 year old grandson this video. When i told him you can get birds to eat out of your hand he got so excited and wanted to try it. I told him It will take time. I'll need to get them eating out of my hand first. Probably works faster in winter. Thanks...great video, i always wanted to try this.
Oh how lucky I am to have just found you!! Thankyou from the bottom of my heart for this wonderful video. I’ll be watching the others . What a great . Thanks so much
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As he says, IT'S WELL WORTH THE EFFORT. By chance at a public park, where someone must've already acclimated the birds prior to our arrival, my then girlfriend and I, on a whim, stuck out our hands with some sunflower seeds and a Chickadee connected with each of us. Yes, it was an amazing THRILL. The connection was truly spiritual. It was one of the signs that we should marry, so we did (20 years this month).
This story is so touching… 🥰 I hope you will be together always and forever… 😊
Wishing you all the best, that's awesome!
Touching. Always a great way to anchor a strong memory and yours wind the prize.
The Chickadee connected with each of you and connected you both into LOVE BIRDS for life. Good for you both.
Happy late anniversary!! I hope you two did something fun together ❤ your story is so sweet 🥰
You're the kind of neighbor, I'd like to have.
Right? You can tell he’s a friendly soul
He’s the kind of father that I would have liked to have. ✌️
Oh me too. My neighbours are trying to get me to eliminate all the bushes, trees and …. wait for it … birds and flying insects from my beautiful ancient Nature-rich garden. Also anything that ‘slides’, like worms, for example.
@@shaash5236 Don't do it!
what kind of bird are you?
There’s something magical, even spiritual, about experiencing a connection with a wild creature.
This looks a lot safer than interacting with lions or grizzly bears😊.
I love getting all the magic diseases wild animals carry. It's very spiritual.
@@sanjivjhangiani3243I got a wild fox to take food from my hand a couple of times. I really like earning a wild creatures trust
Being mystical (like you) I know God loves, values those things He has breathed the breath of life into. Isn’t this reasonable and logical?
Absolutely, they sense far more than we think.
The most important part is so have a peaceful soul!
Absolutely right
Birds love a talker too. They want to hear your voice. Mine “laughs” whenever I finish a sentence, he’s used to my jokes lol.
@@d.w.stratton4078 I find they just react to a kind presence. I am a big meat eater, though not a hunter, and I have no problem getting animals to come.
Shoot... Im out
Now there's a goal. Anytime I get a scared little animal to trust me, it the best feeling😊💕
This is wonderful! I have a local squirrel who recognizes me and pops up looking for a nut, placing his little paw in my palm and picks up his treat. The touch of that small paw feels like a privilege every time.
Absolutely
My childhood best friend had squirrels that would walk into his back door, through his kitchen, into the little pantry, and take food from the dog food dish before going back outside lol. They'd take nuts out of our hands on his back porch too. Super funny.
Wow, i wasn't expecting an actual demonstration, you summoned the birds, you're the bird whistler.
That bird call is AMAZING!!!
Just practice..
I live in Ecuador and I fed hummingbirds from my hands at a bird sanctuary.
It is so sweet and magical.
How neat. My girlfriend and I raised a little bird from a fallen nest and eventually set him free once he matured. We both still miss him regularly. It's amazing how we all bond as animals. I hope you're flying high Harvey.. Ps they are fascinatingly smart for having such little brains. I love nature so much.
They sure are eating and pooping machines though. I had been telling my other half we needed to let him go and then when she did I was sad like uhh maybe I didn't want him to go lol. I still miss him. He started pecking our faces when he wanted to be fed and always wanted to be on your head. They make the most interesting darting eye movements and body language. Life is an amazing thing.
Me and my wife did the same thing. It would fly from its little area we made it in a top dresser drawer and land on my shoulder. When we first found it ,it had no feathers. We carried it to a bird hospital /sanctuary at a state park near us and they eventually realesed it in the general area we found her😢
The animal relationships run deep, especially with wild creatures. Very cool you had this experience.
I can't believe how well you whistle their call. BRAVO!
I get my hummingbirds to eat out of my hand. It’s a magical experience 🥰
Amazing!
wow how did you do that? i have hummingbirds by me I wouldn't mind trying.
@@pajamaninja2157 I would assume they waited until a feeder was getting recognized as food and slowly got closer and closer. I've had hummingbirds land on my feeder while I am less than 2 or 3 feet away from it, but I've never tried holding a food source. I think they make ring-style feeders that can go on your hand for it. They are kind of like woodpeckers imo, very oblivious once they start eating.
@@173jaSon371 alright seems simple enough. I was mostly wondering the kind of food source to put on the hand cus yk they eat nectar or sugar solution.
Ring feeder. I've done it too.
Cats watching this video and taking notes...
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If there was a description for what a 'bird guy' looks like...its this dude!
More like a “bird brain”
@@StefanSobkowiak oh no! You are very knowledgeable about our winged friends!
I could picture him being really into trains as well
Wow I fed a chickadee twice out of my hand today and it was some cool experience! Thank you for your knowledge and wow am I pruning my chimneys which has helped me so much! You are a gem Stephan! 🌱👍💚
Pretty cool. Just had success myself.
Did it work on sparrow?🤔
@@vedantdolas9466 Only on chickadees for me so far. 🐦
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My dees are spoiled! I always keep my feeders full, except for a couple hours for cleaning. I hand feed them chopped raw walnuts. I get a bag from Costco and keep them in the fridge. I can't whistle/bird call like that. Dees are smart and will understand when you are talking to them. I say "Hey, buddies" They've been IN the feeder and will LEAVE the feeder because I have walnuts which they love! Hey buddies = walnuts! 3 or 4 chopped/broken walnuts makes 20-25 little dee bite sized pieces. They follow me around beeping for walnuts.
icouldjustscream, look at bird bath
So would probably consider hanging in your feeder same day hey mate
With a particularly shy bird, I’ve noticed it REALLY helps to where if they just won’t come, you out a little food on something closer to them or on the ground. It’s almost like they realize “hey, this guy just genuinely wants to be my friend, and aren’t trying to trick me! I don’t have to be afraid of them!”. I turn my back a lot to particularly nervous birds as well, as they eat, or I read or look through the Audubon app. Anything to where I’m not looking at them for a bit. Then they’ll sorta get distracted, look over, and realize I’d been watching them for two whole minutes lol. One of the mourning doves REALLY wants to land on my arm but just can’t get it. He hovers above me for a few seconds then has to fly off and land on a perch, line, tree, or grass. I’m working with him though!
That's so awesome and I hope one day the dove lands! How marvelous.❤️
I have some doves that stroll along the road everyday. As I type one is walking up my path to my porch!!! 😂
Did it finally land in you?
Birds are very smart. You're probably right, this method probably works. After all if you wanted to ambush them you wouldn't waste your bait by throwing it well out of your reach! And it's not unheard of for birds to give gifts to people, so maybe some understand the concept of giving to others and can recognize when you're doing it?
@@catpoke9557 Birds in the corvid family are incredibly intelligent, like Jays and Crows
Be a good person with a pure soul with innocent thoughts, animals can sense it 😁
Tell that to a griizzly num nutz.
My 9 year old daughter heard the chickadee call in another room while I was watching this and she started whistling like a chickadee!
...and did she get some food?
Absolutely, kids seem to pick it up quick. Thanks for sharing.
We live in PA near a park where the wild birds have been trained to eat out of people's hands. I've had Chickadees, Titmice, and Nuthatches come and feed from my hands. It is a glorious experience and very addicting. One thing that I always have besides the black oil sunflower seeds, are crushed, plain peanuts. The Chickadees LOVE them!!!! They reach for the peanuts first!
Fantastic
Whistling is a great skill to have with little birds. I noticed your bird call imitations a few years ago. Also, that you don’t stare directly at them. That seems rude and aggressive to most , if not all, animals and birds. Great video. Thanks! 🦅
Front facing eyes are predatory.
Christina bottaro: I think it has to do with us having such power with our I, our spirit. I heard animals experience us as we do angels.
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This is total bullshit. Animals don't have an Iris and can't indicate by eye movement where someone is looking at.
If you stand directly in front of someone but look to the left side, he will not feel as you are staring at him. But animals can't tell if you look to the side or if you are staring and in nature if someone positions himself in front of you, he usually stares and wants to attack. You can observe this behavior in cats and dogs who will rarely look directly at each other and only to indicate a fight but when they are chill with each other they all have this 'approaching in a bow' going on, so they can look at each other with one eye and the other always knows he isn't in focus of the other because for that the position of the body would be different.
So just as uncomfortable it is for you is someone is staring at you, animals feel discomforted when your body is positioned to them in a way predators do it to attack.
So OP was right and you are wrong. It's just a common pattern in predatory behavior and lots of animals will pick up on that. If you go against this pattern much more animals, even/especially wild ones, will feel much more comfortable close to you. It doesn't have anything to do with any kind of spirit.
Your chickadee call is perfect! I cant whistle that good 😂
Listen and practice, that’s all.
Is this the same as a coal tit in the UK?
I used to feed pigeons out of my hand when I was a little kid some decades back, it was a really fun experience to be able to observe the birds up close. I love birds.
Pigeons are great and really easy to befriend.
@@woodypigeon quite some characters, I'm feeding one
for over 5 years now,
sometimes he is grumpy or will see me as a competitor,
and he will lash out with his wing, just like he would beat up another pigeon.
@@gitmoholliday5764 Yes, they really are proper characters. The flocks in the town where I live have trained me to feed them several times a week.
I can't walk through town now without being conspicuously surveilled and often swarmed by a entire flock if they are particularly hungry. I daren't leave the house now unless I am carrying seed.
My little friends. They own me now, bless them. I could never abandon them. Pigeons are great.
@@woodypigeon well.. they did train you to feed them, but who knows next they will teach you one or two secrets around magnetism and electricity just like Nicola Tesla allegedly said after retirement.
@@gitmoholliday5764 They already speak to me in my dreams...
The Robin is the bravest little bird to eat from your hand here in the UK. I’ve yet to have a Blue Tit land on me, they’re so skittish, but I’m working on it! Connection to nature is such a joy. Thanks so much for the hints and tips x
I heard that prey animals are careful about eyes, so if you can hide them they think you’re an inanimate object. So I used to do fun projects with my little nieces and decorate short paper bags with plant designs and cut horizontal narrow slits where our eyes were, put them over our heads, and stand very close to the feeder when the seeds were low, with a big pile of seeds in our hand and they would come.
Moved from the city to an old cabin, started feeding them every day, and after 2 weeks they didn't wait for me to finish filling the feed. some even landed on my hood.
Haven't tried feeding from my hand, but I'm happy to stand next to the feeder to watch them.
I think having a calm nature, peace of mind and no stress affects their trust levels. I usually talk to them.
When the feeder is empty they will fly around the cabin and let me now -as my office window is on the other side of the cabin, they'll land on my window still and gently peck on it. Very cute!
Yes, the step from good to hand is small, once one does it the others will learn.
We've been feeding the birds for decades here but in recent years, as trees we planted years ago matured (white cedars) and provided lots of refuge and nesting spots, the population exploded. Blue Jays, 3 kinds of woodpeckers, juncos, mourning doves, nuthatches, chickadees, cardinals (and that's just the winter birds). This year I made the attempt to get the chickadees to land on my hand and it didn't take long before it worked. I always talk when I fill the feeders so they're used to me. I call out, "C'mon little birds... little birds... little birds... c'mon-c'mon!" They show up pretty fast now. Nuthatches come close too but they don't land on me. It is a thrilling feeling when they choose to land on me.
That's awesome Eldon that you've built a relationship and gained their trust! Must be so exciting to have them eat from your hand. I'm looking forward to it!
@@cpnotill9264 .... We planted a white cedar near (about 15') our bird feeder to replace a larger one that had to be cut down several years ago when we built a new porch. Little birds feel safer if they have dense cover they can retreat to if a threat should appear. We also have a lilac bush about 25' away which they like to go to in between trips to the feeder but nothing beats a nice thick white cedar. It will be a few years yet before the new white cedar is big enough to provide good cover.
Fantastic. Yes cover is so important to help them feel safe.
@@StefanSobkowiak "Yes cover is so important" You got that soooo right! Working on that in my Wisconsin yard.
@@StefanSobkowiak I have a rescued bluejay who cannot be released due to a feather defect. When I first began caring for him, he would perch on my hand and even cuddle. However, after a couple trips to the vet and the need to restrain him by hand for examinations, he has grown wary and will not sit in my hand now. He will still take food from my fingers, but he won't let me touch him anymore. Any suggestions? Bluejays have a long lifespan, so I'm hoping he will grown to trust me again after a while.
I love birds and although it has never been my goal to feed birds out of my hand they now follow me everywhere when I feed them. Some are very shy but others fly up to you and sit on your leg or head and it's so much fun.
my 5 year old just loved this video. We are doing to go outside now and try our "hand" at this. Thanks Stefan!
Wonderful just use it as a learning opportunity for building patience. When it happens have a camera ready it will be a memorable moment for both of you
You sound like a lovely parent!
It is really fun to see that the birds see you as "the guy wit the food". They can find me anywhere in the wood when I take a walk. The only down side is during hunting. They still find me really easily.. and the deer thanks them for that! It was a hard hunting season full of birds.
Jean-Philippe Ross, look at bird bath
Great job feeding them birds! Lifted my spirit watching this video!!!
Glad you enjoyed it
It had all started with one Ol' crow with one eye i nicknamed Odin that i would leave fresh water out for on my boat.
In the spring he brought his mate and young to meet me.
Now I have generations of crows that come visit me when i'm down at the docks all these years later.
I hold out my arms as i walk and they come flying down and follow me as i'm coming down the road.
Fantastic, trust established and maintained all these years.
My brother-in-law does this regularly at his job in northern Michigan-something that I've always thought might be fun to do in my part of the state. Great video!
Thanks for the tips. I’m recovering from a stroke and can’t move very well. So, I’m going to train the birds to eat out of my hands. 🇨🇦💝🙏👍
Black capped chickadees are so pretty. I painted some small pieces with little santa hats on branches with snow for Christmas presents. People loved them. They are so dainty. What a fun hobby. I have lots of birds who come when I call them to my back deck to feed them. But they are crows, wrens, scrub jays, and stellars. They cheer me. They are my friends. If they are hungry sometimes the crows call me too. They wait for me to wake up which is quite polite. The eagle living behind me says hello when I open my back door. We talk back and forth taking turns. It's so fun. We are conversing even though I have no idea how to speak eagle. I say Hello and talk about the weather, etc. It's more about the acknowledgemnt and respect. 🥰
Fantastic
It's a blessing to get a little close to nature.
Nature offers you many friends, if you show a little love.
It also takes a pure soul. Birds are the purest creatures in the world. If you can communicate with birds then your soul is pure. I can sense this man is pure just from this video alone.
Good to know, thanks.
We don't have exotic bird's where I live. We do with the bird's no one wants around, pigions, gulls, black birds and the odd few sparrows. Best fed bird's in Dublin,dried porridge oats for the pigions and gulls they will eat anything. My little bit of city wildlife, still connected.
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LOVE THIS! Brings smiles, peace, joy & happiness! Needed in these crazy covid days
Honey Caffena, look at bird bath
Healthy Blessed People are you. I like the sheer goodness of your face & your kind acts. God Bless you.
Oh my god! I'm having so much fun! I have one chickadee coming over and over. I reconize him/her because he/she's different! He/she even comes when I'm doing chores outside and he's/she's yelling at me from upclose like:" what are you doing? I'm hungry!"
Ha ha ha!
Wonderful. Just continue since the hardest part is done. Now to train the whole family and the next generation.
They yell at me too..I like to talk to them when they land in my hand...I think they are just angry because they really don't want people around, they much prefer to eat off the ground or feeder or whatever.
I'm planning to gradually have a bird army, I got 10 bird feeders around my house.... it's working 😁😁😁
SunnyDays, look at bird bath
I have a pigeon army now. When my flock spots me in town I get a winged escort to the feeding spot!
Oh the fluttering of their beautiful tiny wings..What an amazing experience....Bless their little hearts and Thank you for sharing this wonderful video ❤
I noticed that sound, too. Love the little wing fluttering sound 💗
I'm 8 years old and I have gotten 6-5 feet near my bird feeder with sparrows and doves and they're still there now isn't that cooool 😊
Yes, keep going there is one that will surprise you eventually.
Ha, I did it! Twice! Thank you so much for the great advice. I did it just like you showed and it worked. Such a cool experience and a great way to start off spring. Got the chickadees, will work on the other birds, they seemed interested and a lot of them are getting used to me being close. Thanks again!
Fantastic! Just Fantastic. Enjoy them for generations to come and share the experience with visitors.
Last spring I was sitting on my deck and a little titmouse landed on my shoulder and started pulling out my hair for it's nest. It was surprising and really neat. I hope it comes back this year. I read they are pretty easy to hand feed as well.
Amazing!
That’s so amazing! 😭
Love this! I have tried so many times to get birds to come eat from my hand, I would love this to happen
Follow those steps and be patient. They will come.
@@StefanSobkowiak I will keep trying for sure. Beautiful experience to be so close with nature
Great video, Stefan! I just finally got some of the robins in my yard to eat meal worms out of my hand for the first time, and the feeling is just incredible. I'm going to try with the Chickadees now.
Oh wow. Now I’m jealous. Getting Robbins wow. Chickadees should be easy. We will definitely have to start raising mealworms.
I know I’m 2 years late but I’m curious if they were dried or live mealworms 🤔
That was a delight! I struck up a friendship with a Black-capped Chickadee 2 years ago and began leaving food,but just a week ago,I hadn't put it out yet,but had some walnuts in my hand and spontaneously put my hand out,and bingo! Oh, such a thrill the 1st time!
Fantastic, we’ll worth the patience. Congrats.
What a great joy to find someone who so genuinely finds excitement interacting and enjoying our feathered friends! I find many of my friends and family tend to give me the side-eye when I try to share my daily bird sightings and interaction... but I find it just as thrilling and delightful from one day to the next. I'm still reeling from the sight of *TWO!* (count 'em! *TWO*!) pileated woodpeckers at one of my suet feeders earlier this week...what majestic, jaw-dropping, giant Jurassic-looking birds they are...wow! The bird world truly a wondrous, magical place and it's a true pleasure to find others who not only agree but who aren't embarrassed to also share their absolute excitement in enjoying it! 😊
Good observation to get two. Now all you need is a large dead tree for them to make a nest cavity in and you’ll see 5-7 at once when young fledge.
I knew a Jamaican man in Wilmington, DE, who fed birds red pepper flakes in the winter. They LOVE the peppers!
I had a budgie that would land on my finger so I could launch him with his clipped wings. He'd circle around and for the next ride till he tired out.
You might attract birds with music. Some birds love music!
Buzz Werd, look at bird bath... I am from Jamaica 🇯🇲
I miss having a humming bird feeder. The previous place we used to live, we had a regular bird feeder and a humming bird feeder. They used to zoom over my head and right by me when their feeder got low. I hope the new tenets of our previous place are feeding them.
We've got three blackbirds, two males and a female, who have started coming really close to us when we fill the feeders. Everything unintentional, but its great to experience.
The Geordie Weatherman, look at bird bath
put my feeder right beside my workshop-shed, and went about my usual daily routine. Id feed them at the same time every morning and one day I put my hand out before I put the seeds in, and they easily came to eat from my hand. I loved it LOL
Oh, how exciting!. What a delight. :-) I've heard chickadees respond to my call even if I'm whistling poorly. They really seem to like to call and respond. "Once one is doing it the others will follow" - rather like chickens.
Sage Preaumx, look at bird bath
I grew up counting and viewing birds since I was a child because my grandpa was an ornithologist, you have the same energy he did :)
Chickadees are adorable
Great advice!
It took hours of sitting patiently for days and weeks! to get just the Bluejays to take a peanut from near me! But eventually, they started taking peanuts from my fingers. They got to know me! I got to know them! And hence, started a long friendship. But only jays and maybe a cardinal or two. No other birds cane to my hand although they did cone close! It's wonderful getting to know my backyard wildlife!
Fantastic. Patience rewarded.
Great impersonation of the Chickadee👏🏻
Stefan you are a trusted soul and an engaged child at heart. Birds are a blessing. Their presence is uplifting to your spirit. My dad loved bird watching and feeding them. This brought back wonderfull memories.
Great video Stefan and thanks for entertaining our cat Pickles. He was fooled by your bird whistle!
Mark Chislett, look at bird bath
This is so cool, I'm going to try it!
WAgroforestry, look at bird bath
I've been winter feeding some birds at work for the past ~6 weeks or so. We have an out of the way area where I set up a couple of feeders and a suet cage. I noticed this past Friday a couple of chickadees got the closest I've ever seen them while I went out to fill the feeders. Looks like I am getting close. Thanks for the extra hot tips!
(I can't whistle, but I do repeat a high-pitched "chickadee-dee-dee" every time I see them. 😁)
WM Luna, look at bird bath
The bird whisperer gives a very enjoyable presentation.
Loved it!🤗
Also he does just a good bird whistle.
( I could never whistle)
Glad you enjoyed it!
I recently moved to a rural area in Michigan and I’m learning a lot about the ways of the garden and nature watching your videos. My son is very into animals/birds/tracks in the snow.
Things I’d love to learn more about:
Birdhouses: we have tons near my house but I’ve never seen any birds in/near them. We have a wide variety of birds (Robins, cardinals, bluebirds, warblers, blackbirds, woodpeckers, swallows, sparrows, hawks, etc)
Natural Deterrents for pests, such as wasps and mice.
Vegetable Gardening: how to know when to plant.
I have a couple of videos about nest boxes. Also a few about veggie Garden. See the playlist: vegetable garden and also birds
The kindness towards animals shows in the expression on your face.
You don't look threatening you look like a nice dude I think that helps too
Birds pick up on our intentions and body cues.
I just rescued 4 baby birds and have fallen in love with birds now, they are so young and so strong and so trusting towards me they let me do anything to them and never freak out, they love getting there head scratches, back scratches and there chest scratches, I just taught them all how to fly and it is so fulfilling with all of the work and tweezer feedings individually breaking up there food so I can feed them when they gape, now I have to teach them to catch there own bugs
OMG! thanks so much ....happened to watch one of your bird videos few weeks ago; was so inspired, dug out two really old bird feeders, had such success [-6 F here in Michigan!], bought 6 more! such a joy ...even watching the three resident squirrels, so persistent are they. thanks so much for the inspiration! WOW.
Fantastic when a video inspires action. Next step is getting them to eat out of your hand. I’m sure you can do it.
@@StefanSobkowiak You're so encouraging! Hehe it's really nice. You don't see much of that on RUclips. I feel lucky to have stumbled onto this warm and welcoming community. It's a great feeling ☺️ 🐦
My 8 year daughter & i feed doves, wiever birds, sparrows, swallows, robbins & crows on my balcony. One thing I noticed, less movement & less talk/noise goes a long way. I prefer mid mornings & late evenings. It gives one joy & peace of mind.
What a wonderful thing! I feed birds regularly and always wondered if I could get some to eat out of my hand. Thanks for uploading this! :)
Beauty for Ashes, look at bird bath
@@BirdBath1 That's so cute! And your garden looks beautiful. I have bird baths too, but I put some piles of clean rocks into them, so that any insects falling in have a few islands they can swim to, climb up and fly back out.
@@beautyforashes2230 😇
I was doing this back in late 1970's and 80's. Chickadees loved to eat on my hand and stay there. I also did the same for the deer we fed. The little ones came right up to me. Trick is learning to stay still for a long time.
Very cool!
I've been attempting this for some time, gonna keep trying! We have so many great birds at our feeders.
Geoff Outdoors, look at bird bath
One year I put black oil sunflower seeds on my deck and many baby sparrows, song sparrows, crested sparrows, junkos and other babies would come and hang out on the deck. Very innocent and friendly, several times one flew by my head and brushed my hair with wing tips, like saying we love you. Very wonderful!
8 years ago when I was in college, I would go to the park every day on my break and would feed the birds. I would use the black sunflower seeds, and non salted peanuts. I would get every kind of bird landing, from sparrows to cardinals, bluejays, and woodpeckers. The bigger birds prefer the peanuts. I also would use my other hand and pointer finger as a landing pad for the hand holding the food, and they will land on your finger first every time. Woodpeckers are scary as they come full speed at you until the last 2 feet when they slow their speed, don't freak out, and don't move. I also used a sound to let them know it was feeding time, like throwing a few seeds high in the air and landing on the hood of my car. Great video.
Wow fantastic. That sounds like a generational hotspot. Amazing.
its such a magical feeling, knowing that birds trust you 🥰
Bean, Bear and Button Videos, look at bird bath
Wow, this is so much fun to watch and such a great instructional video! Thank you so much for filming this and sharing your knowledge! I have lots of black capped chickadees in my area. I want put a feeder on my balcony so that I can watch the birds feed, and maybe try your techniques! I live in a great area for birds; my neighbor one floor down has a feeder and flowers on their balcony, and I've seen gold finches and even a hummingbird show up!
Takes time. For months there was a one-legged Grackle where I worked that always hung around. Every shift I had I would go outside and try to give him/her a chip. After a while it finally would take it from my hand. It'd never get in my hand but had no problem coming up to me. I never tried petting it. It took a lot more trust on it's part than mine and I respected that.
Been waiting for this video for a while, super cool!
arialblack87, look at bird bath
This is so sweet! Thank you for sharing this. 😊Chickadees and crows are my two favorite birds. 🥰
i think it's the hat... i love this channel!
I've been feeding birds for over 20 years and have been just a few feet away from the feeders and stood there, the chickadees came to the feeder and were not afraid of me. I have never tried to hand-feed them as of yet though. At some point, I will try. Thanks so much for the tips.
Thanks Stefan. I love watching and feeding our backyard birds. I always wondered how to get them to eat from your hand and I will start trying this technique out tomorrow. I know they are used to me, just have to get closer to the feeders, then do as you suggest when they are empty. I had a lot of happiness yesterday bringing a cardinal back to life/senses after plowing into our kitchen window. I warmed him/her/it up and let him sit in my hand for a good 10 minutes before he flew away. Very cool. Happy New Year to All.
Nice job. Happiest birdy new year.
You can tell the sex of the cardinal by color. Males will be fully red and females will be brown with hints of red and red tips
Immature males might look a little like females though
Ive used my cellphone playing bird calls and that works really well
Old guy and bird watching go together like peanut butter and jam
WHAT? Never tried that, peanut butter and honey, YEAH! Will be trying it tomorrow morning, thanks
You are SUCH a gentle guy, they can sense your high vibrations. LOVE!
Thank you very much, Stefan! I wish I had tried this when I had chickadees around! They were the first ones who came to my feeders. I love their curious and cheeky personalities! (chicka-dee-dee-dee!) ✌🏼💖
Yvette Arby, look at bird bath
@@BirdBath1 Thank you! I love seeing birds at a bird bath! ✌🏼💖
@@YvetteArby 🥰
@@BirdBath1 ty love my birds 🦅
@@ColeChi2009 #birdbathjamaica
Thank you for posting this it’s so peaceful to watch.I have a robin eating from my hand the last two days such joy it gives me.Hope to continue to do this for many years to come.
Wonderful!
Thank you for showing us!!! 💕💕💕
Backwoods Baby, look at bird bath
You sir, are almost as adorable as the chickadees themselves. Great video!
Cool video Stefan. Thanks.
My Cat LOVED your video - especially when you whistled - she came running and tried to look under the laptop and behind for where the whistling was coming from.
God's little creatures remind us that we have been charged to tend the garden and to tend the sheep ❤️
Right on
The words translated as "tend and keep" in Genesis (when God says man and woman are to tend and keep the garden of Eden) are the same as when Moses tells Aaron that he and the Levites are to "tend and keep" the sanctuary. The compiler of the Pentateuch was very much trying to convey the concept that the earth is sacred, the act of caring for it is sacred and in keeping with the will of god, and that mankind is both part of nature and part of protecting it. When we cage, exploit, kill, and eat animals, we are not acting in accordance with the Bible. What does Isaiah say of the new earth? "None shall kill in all my holy mountain....the lion shall lie down with the lamb and a little child shall lead them." Perhaps given that we are not obligate carnivores and given that even after the first sin god said our food was the fruit of the tree and the herb of the field we err gravely in ignoring this advice--either from god directly or simply from the collective wisdom of ancient people depending on your beliefs--and instead turn to eating animals and their byproducts. We can certainly feed a whole lot more humans if those humans eat plants than we can if they eat animals that eat plants: that is simple, trophic-level science that you learn in freshman biology class.
Or put in a more permaculture orientation: "You don't have a world hunger problem, you have a "not enough veganism" problem." We have more than enough arable land already in production to feed the world many times over, it's just that we're stuffing a disgraceful proportion of it into cows, pigs, chickens, goats, sheep, turkeys, fish, and other animals which we have deemed "domesticable" and have exploited for the flesh of their bodies and their eggs and excretions. Is veganism radical by some standards? Maybe. Is the earth so royally screwed at this point that simply "eating a little less meat" is going to fix things? Yup.
If you want to have results you've never had before, you must be willing to do things you've never done before. We have never, in my lifetime, reduced carbon emissions or taken any steps to halt or reverse climate change. We must, therefore, be willing to take increasingly drastic steps to address the very real crises looming from peak oil, peak water, microplastics in everything form the Mariana Trench to the summit of Mt. Everest (and even aerosolized far above that), the increase of average global temperature and the wildly unpredictable fluctuations in weather that entails (yes, it can be COLDER because the overall temperature of the earth is warmer, think about shaking a rope fixed at one end more vigorously: you get bigger peaks and lower troughs in the sine-form wave moving down the rope...that's what raising the earth's average temperature does), etc.
Please, if you cannot find it in yourself to eat a vegan diet because you care about animal lives and if you cannot find it in yourself to do it because humans are exploited by animal industries (think of meat-packing warehouse employees who were forced to work through COVID and who died in droves because of it, as well as literal slave labor used on board many fishing vessel globally and realize that you are exploiting not just non-human bodies, but human bodies as well), then for pity's sake, at least do it to reduce methane and carbon emissions. Carbon is between 10 and 20-times more greenhouse effect-inducing than methane and some 80%+ of it comes from the meat and dairy industries. If you're composting at home, you can also take steps to make sure your pile isn't spewing methane as it degrades by burying as much organic matter as you can under mulch instead of rotting it in a heap, though I realize this is not always possible, i.e. if you have only a small plot of land.
Anyway, I digress. I just get so frustrated with how the permaculture community REFUSES to be intersectional in any way and instead looks only at one aspect of bettering the world. You cannot put much of a dent in the systems of oppression at play in the world around us by taking a single approach to things. But by looking at the intersection of many things like climate change, social inequality, wealth disparity, the collapse of infrastructure, the rise of far-right movements, eco-fascism, human trafficking, racial dynamics, etc. you can begin to find common threads that run through all of these problems. It's a bit like untangling a snarled line in that it requires patience, persistence, and focus. A solution to the world's problems does exist, it's just going to be a pain in the ass to do, which is also a bit like untangling a snarled line.
@@d.w.stratton4078 God: “YOU DID WHAT TO MY GARDEN???”
@d.w.stratton4078 haha thats cool I'm gonna eat a pack of bacon and throw the plastic in the woods 👍🏻
@@d.w.stratton4078how the heck you have the time and energy to write such a long comment in the comment section of a simple man feeding birds?! No one wants eco socialism here!
I can't wait to show my 7 year old grandson this video. When i told him you can get birds to eat out of your hand he got so excited and wanted to try it. I told him It will take time. I'll need to get them eating out of my hand first. Probably works faster in winter. Thanks...great video, i always wanted to try this.
`Now is a great time. The adults are bringing their young to feeders.
Thank you Stefan for the tips and will let you know how it goes! 💚🌱☺
C P No till, look at bird bath
This man just like an angel or good hearted god in human body… this is magical…
This guy deserves to win the novel peace prize!
Silver yang, look at bird bath
Oh how lucky I am to have just found you!! Thankyou from the bottom of my heart for this wonderful video. I’ll be watching the others . What a great . Thanks so much
`enjoy, lots to binge learn.
THANK YOU! My kids and I are so excited to try this.
March break project.
Wow, u can whistle those bird calls perfectly!! Impressive!! Thank u for sharing :)
Sounds like it would be more fun to try this in Europe.
You are a good soul, that’s what birds and other animals sense ❤