White throated Sparrows (with their most athletic moves in super slomo) NARRATED
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- Опубликовано: 9 дек 2021
- Although White-throated Sparrows are combative, their songs are soulful and haunting. Learn how to attract these bold and brassy, acrobatic seed eaters to your yard. Thanks to Santa Fe Lady for the use of her footage of a Sharp-Shinned Hawk eating prey ( • Juvenile accipiter eat... )
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It's SO interesting to see bird movement in slow motion! They jump several body lengths into the air without needing to flap. Then they look around and decide how to twist, fly, fight, or return to earth. All in the blink of an eye. Thank you for sharing this unique view into birds, and all the information you narrate alongside it.
Last June I bought a camera that does super slomo. It's been fascinating to see what I can see with it. I love your description of what YOU saw with it, and I could have used that observation in the narrative. Using the camera to film dragonflies was the highlight of my year. My husband and I are considering going to Ecuador next summer so that I can film dozens of exotic hummingbirds in action--fighting each other too. Wouldn't that be something?!
Good to have you back, Jo. Post when you can. We'll be patient. 🥰
That's exactly the attitude I like, Dave. Thanks for saying so ... and for being among the patient people.
Glad to see new stuff from you! I am enjoying it!
Glad to see you're enjoying the new stuff, Jean. I'm happy to have something new to show you.
I dont think I've ever seen such positivity in a comment section, not only is the video agreeably incredible in its appreciation of nature but it has brought so many people into the comments to share kind words and praise, its miraculous what power a general love for nature can have.
It hadn't occurred to me that I got more positive comments than other RUclipsrs. But I appreciate the encouragement from my viewers (including you). Thanks for commenting. I used to post once a week, but at my age, the pace got to be too much. So I guess the fans I attracted during that productive period are glad to see me when I do poke my head above ground again.
Jo you are one of a kind and I LOVE your videos, stay in good health and keep them coming ! I'm in Ontario Canada and yes those white throated sparrows sing the love of Canada up here lol
I thought I responded to your comment hours ago, but I don't see anything here, so maybe my memory deceives me. Anyway, I love your well wishes for my health and your enthusiasm about waiting for more videos from me. I couldn't live as far north as you do, but having White-throated sparrows breeding and singing full tilt every summer would help.
Thank you for more wonderful examples of the gymnastics and aerobatics of the "mundane" sparrow from a wonderful Naturalist. You are a treasure.
Aw. Thank you. ☺️ I've had such fun with the new slomo camera. In fact, my husband and I are thinking of visiting Ecuador next summer, specifically to give me a chance to film outrageously beautiful hummingbirds fighting each other.
Oh there you are! What a joy to watch these cute little white throats.. almost as enjoyable as your perfect narration! I would watch your videos everyday… I bet the hubby has giggled many a day to your expert verbiage.. yup we all love you!.. thanks hun great video ❤️☮️
I love your description of your husband giggling over my narration, Yvonne. I always face writer's block when I start a new script. My husband is used to hearing me grouse for several days, something along these lines: "They're sparrows; they fight a lot; they like woods and feeders. I'm done! I don't know what else to say." He just nods and says, "You'll figure it out. You always do." What I really want is for him to help me out, but he doesn't, and he's right: I do figure it out eventually.
Hi Yvonne, How are you doing today?
Hi Jo. Beautiful video of a beautiful bird. And I see you have some great footage of the hawks 👍. I’m glad to see you I did worry about you hoping all okay. Aging isn’t easy …. thanks for all you share ♥️🕊🙋♀️
For my age, I'm doing well, Pamela. All my health issues are minor, and my energy is good. Expect to hear plenty more from me in the future--just not as often as I used to post. I loved using the super slomo camera to capture the White throats in battle.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME yes real impressed by the slo-mo Jo. I'm glad to hear you are well. 💙
Hi Pamela, How are you doing today?
Thanks Jo! Love your videos and I await the next one. I certainly will watch my White throats more closely!
So great to see another video from you! White-throated sparrows are one of my favorite guys to see at the feeder---love the little dance they do to scratch up seeds. Thanks for sharing this lovely footage! :)
Thanks for writing, Isabel--and for your praise of my movie. Yes, I like watching sparrows kick back the leaf litter. Have you ever seen Fox Sparrows doing that? They're the king of the kickback.
I have had a common house sparrow in my care for nearly a year due to an initial loss of feathers. I wanted to share with you that he is quite the acrobat too. He shows off for me every morning and I cheer him on. Flips, turns, fake outs, he does it all for me. I have to admit, it is a highlight to my morning. Charlie the Sparrow says hi!
That sounds like so n much fun that I read your comment to my husband.
Wonderful footage
Thank you. I spent some part of the last three winters gathering footage for this one. Getting the film is a part of this hobby that I love.
Hi Mrs. Jo! I just wanted to tell you that I'm so grateful and happy for all of these delightful movies you make for us; they've been a big source of joy for me recently, and whenever I feel sad, I always like to come back to your channel and look at them some more, and I always find that they make me feel much better. I love the way you talk about the birds and, really, all creatures, it's so clear that you love them and you treat them all with kindness, and it makes me so happy! Your descriptions are especially wonderful, it's good to see these creatures so thoroughly appreciated, and the way you word things is so wonderful, you give the most creative and lovely commentary and I haven't seen anything similar from anyone else! You are really one of a kind, and my favorite birdwatcher, and it's because of you that I've gotten into gardening this year! Thank you, Jo. I hope that you're well these days!
I also have a request, if you'd be so kind to consider it? I'm asking you to make a movie about mourning doves, please! I've seen them now and then in the background of other movies, but I cannot find one about them specifically, please do let me know if you have made one and I've just missed it. They're one of my favorite birds, I've always been so charmed by them, and they've always been around me as I grew up. Thank you, and I hope you have a wonderful day! Best of wishes to you and your family from me!
I can't think of a more welcome compliment than to be told that my movies lift you up when you're down. Thank you for writing to me. I even read what you wrote to my husband, knowing that he would appreciate the sentiments.
I forgot to mentiion that I'll probably do a video about Mourning Doves sometime this year.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME Oh I’m so happy that you both enjoyed it!! I meant every word, I hope you both are doing well! ❤️
That’s wonderful to hear, I’ll definitely be looking forward to that; thank you!
During a few severe cold snaps in the single digets over past month, I spread extra seed and thistle over the snow and ground near the feeders and watched the show from my great window. The way they shuffle back and forth to release the frozen goodies makes me smile. I just love them so!
When snow falls heavily, all the local birds put on quite a show. The admission fee is bird seed and bark butter-worth the price!
I also noted recently that during cold snaps, Blue Jays sit low down on the branches so they can cover their feet with with their feathers. They fluff their feathers so they cover the branch as well, front and back. I've only noticed this behavior this year when I've been birding over 45 years!
@@kittenkorleone2918 I hadn't noticed that Jays do that either, though I've often seen birds stand on one legs then the other in cold spells, tucking one leg at a time up into their plumage to warm up. There's always plenty of new stuff to learn, even after 45 years. Not that I've been paying much attention to birds for anywhere near that long. But my husband has been for more than forty.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME I was admiring our late light snowfall that clung onto every surface this morning as the weatherman predicted a "pink" sunrise. He was right. One of the prettiest sunrises I've ever seen. I couldn't believe my eyes this when amid the lightly falling snow a pair of bluebirds were at my feeders...... feeding for their lives along with the many others. 6 Goldfinch and a bluebird were feeding at same time and now they've been here all day. I've never had an E.B. at any feeder ever. I've tried dried worms. They never were game enough to try. For amusement sake, I bought "bluebird suet pellets" from Tractor Supply. I think that is what tempted them at first. That feeder is out of sight from my windows but I had noticed the level dropping. I'd assumed the starlings were the main takers. I'm walking on air today. I had to share with you because only you would not laugh at such a statement. So for rest of morning, I picked up my knitting and sat by window and enjoying my new dining guests eating my hulled mix I've been using of late!
@@kittenkorleone2918 Sounds like a lovely way to spend the day, Kitten. I hope the Blluebirds are back again today. We have snow, so the feeders are full to overflowing.
I have yet to see one. Here in California, we do get them... But rarely. A few scattered here and there and that's it. Thank you for the video!
It's always a happy day when Jo puts out a new video! Your videos always make me smile and laugh and again, your commentary is second to none! I've got a grandfather who is 94 and he has definitely worn out his old jalopy, for sure. We appreciate the videos regardless of the time schedule.
I've been having a red-shouldered hawk sitting right outside my bedroom and kitchen windows. Got to work from home the other day and he was right out my sliding glass door just perched and hunting. It must be a good hunting spot because he's always getting something at least twice each time I watch him. He's been nicknamed Big Boi because he definitely is a big boy. He doesn't seem to scare the birds or the squirrels though, and they seem to co-exist near one another just fine. It's little vermin hiding in the leaves on the embankment at the back of my house that he is after! I'm hoping he catches a copperhead or two as well!
Thank you for telling me how my videos lift your spirits. I hope to make it to 94 without the wheels coming off my jalopy. 🥴
Oh man, how I wish I could be at your house filming that Red-shouldered Hawk hunting! And I hear you about the Copperheads. When I was a girl, we had horses that I had to feed twice a day. One day, as I stepped into the corn crib to fill a coffee can with grain, I spotted a rusty chain in the hay on the floor and would have stepped on it ... except that it started moving. Whew! Close call.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME Oh man, that must have been quite the surprise! Just a few months ago I was pulling weeds around my neighbor's house. I was so lucky that I had gloves on because in the tall weeds that I had pulled up, came with it a juvenile Copperhead. It was literally in my hand Jo! In those moments it's amazing how time slows down and how you can count the seconds that it takes your brain to process the situation, set the Copperhead down and go hightailing it into the house. It's a small miracle that it didn't strike! Now I'm going to let my neighbor take care of his own weeds, because a repeat of that situation would not be a good time! I've got a pack of coyotes out in the woods right by my house as well. It's really interesting hearing them hunt at night because they almost sound like monkeys or demons when they sound off! I broke up a fight one night and I didn't know what I had broken up. It was quite a noisy affair though, and sounded rather violent. Well, it wasn't the next day but the day after that that I was out doing some yard work and I found a little fawn that I named Dottie with her head twisted backward and who had clearly passes onto another realm. It was really sad, but it was interesting to at least get to see a baby fawn that close up and actually look it over.
@@lockergr Yes, nature's a dangerous place. Experiences like that make us understand why people want to tame it. Your description of how time warped and slowed down brought the snake episode to life.
It’s so nice seeing your new video, Thank you!
In agreement I am; these guys fly right at me when I open my window each morning to toss goodies. Always great to learn more.
I so enjoy your wonderful videos. Thank you for educating us about these sweet little birds. 🦜
You meant to say "about these sweet, feisty little birds", right, Lee? Aren't they a treat! I'm glad you enjoyed them, and thanks for the sweet (not feisty) compliment.
Jo thank you for the video. Happy holidays.
Good to hear from you again, and I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Happy to see you again! Getting Old is OK with me, every day above ground is better than the alternative. Thanks for a lovely video!
Yes, I know what you mean, Debo, and I agree about the alternative. But still, if my birthdays started going in the other direction next February, I'd be delighted. Anyway, glad you loved the video.
Loved your calm voice and sometimes funny observations so much that immediately subscribed. Thank you.
Thanks for writing to tell me what you appreciated about the video. These days I only publish every couple of months or so, but I've got 300 movies up, so there's plenty to explore. Have fun. 😉
Very entertaining and informative!! I love your videos!! Thank you Ms.Jo!!
God bless you!!❤❤
I am glad you chose to watch this one, Donnaleigh. I gave it more than a month of my complete concentration because I wanted to do these interesting birds justice. I love the contrast between their combative - for a sparrow - nature and their haunting songs.
These guys are our absolute favorite and it's been a wonderful few weeks having them return from their time in Canada!
I always wondered where they manage to find a place to rest and get some sleep at night?
They always manage to be the first at the feeder in the morning and the last to leave. The early birds, for sure!
Do you have any woods nearby? That's what will really bring them in and what will provide them with the brushpiles they love to hide in. But even if you don't have woods, apparently you have enough mature trees to lure them to your feeders. I've been hearing their haunting songs lately. Sweet.
Thanks for the wonderful video, watched it with great pleasure,Have a nice day! 👍🏼
It's my pleasure to hear that you enjoyed the video so much. Thanks for commenting.
Thanks Jo. A wonderful presentation of one of my most favorite sparrows. I have a better understanding of these sometimes volatile but loveable songsters (their song is the only birdsong I can whistle). Looking forward to the next. Best regards, Cathy
Like you, I can whistle the White-that's song--and only his. Until I started filming these little guys, I had no idea how often they quarreled, how little it took to inspire an attack (nothing), or how acrobatic they are. I'm sure you experience the same thing, Cathy: that you learn more from filming than from simply opening your eyes and looking around.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME Yes, so true Jo. Viewing films is a wonderful resource, unfortunately focusing on the camera can take you out of the picture at the moment if you know what I mean. There are many rewards and surprises in viewing the material many times, especially in slow-motion.
@@quote_nature Oh yes, the camera can prevent you from living in the moment. And when I see something I'd love to film but I DON'T have a camera, I bemoan the loss so much that I can't just enjoy that moment. In that respect the camera is almost a disease.
LOL!!! ;)
These are beautiful captures, thanks for sharing! Have a good day dear.
Best wishes…
Thanks. These pretty spaarrows deserve to be well represented.
One video in every coupla months ? .. You're a Quality-over-quantity person , Jo . It will be a work of Art and worth the wait . . .
Quality over quantity is my attitude too, Tom, and I thank you for the compliment.
Great video and narration!
Thanks, Ryan. I especially enjoyed making this video because it was fun to get the slomo shots. And I wanted the narration to do these cool sparrows justice.
Ah, so glad for the new video! I was afraid I'd been missing out on previous ones when it appeared in my feed, then saw your explanation. Worth the wait. You have to take care of you first, or there won't be any videos. As others have said, quality over quantity.
The white throated sparrow has hands down my favorite birdsong, for exactly the reasons you mentioned. I find here in SE PA I don't hear them until fall sets in seriously, maybe because they're just arriving from farther north.
Thanks for the vote of confidence on my decision to publish less often.
The White-throats on our property pretty much own the airwaves in winter. The Carolinas don't sing nearly as often, which leaves Jays squawking and the rest of the birds twittering.
Really enjoys those sparrows, look forward to them every fall...they seem to have quarrels all the time, feed them sunflower seeds on the ground and have a few already learning about mealworms and how wonderful they are along with the butter bits. Thanks for the video and already looking forward to your next masterpiece!!
Masterpiece? ☺️ I'll never rank up there with Joseph Heller or Jane Austen, but I like the notion that I create minor masterpieces. Thanks, Scott. Keep on enjoying the White-throated spats.
Oh so wonderful to see your post again!!! I just this year for the first time noticed these guys in my yard! So exciting to learn more about them! What a great look at these guys!!! Thanks Jo.
Hi, Maggie. Good to hear from you. You're on the East Coast if I remember right. Do you have any woods close by? I hope you get more of the White-throats this year.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME Yes, Jo, I'm on the Delmarva Peninsula in Maryland. I've got some overgrown farmland behind my property, some small trees that I keep cut back at my fence line, and a couple of very small bushes near the house. Although I saw the birds on the ground here. I don't know what they were so attracted to because I don't put out any food. Maybe seeds and small bugs in the grass, or shall I say weeds. I saw them and thought they were just run of the mill sparrows, when I noticed the yellow patches in front of the eyes! Got them identified almost immediately on my computer and was excited to see yet another species in my yard! Keep hanging in there Jo! Gettin' old ain't for sissies! That's what me and my Mom say all the time! I'm 70 yrs old myself, and mom is 97.
@@MHarenArt Yes, Maggie, I had a vague memory of you telling me about fields near your house. From what you describe about your property, I'd say the White-throats will be rare there, so it's nice that you at least got the one visitor.
As for old age and sissies, I've been saying the same thing for a decade now. But I fight it with exercise, good diet and supplements.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME Excellent! I know how much a good diet helps, but the exercise is all important and the key to keeping feeling good and active as we can be! Good for you! Stay well, and I look forward to the next time you get something posted.
Hi Maggie, How are you doing today?
I just loved this video 🤗 I always enjoy my White Throats . They are lovely birds. Your videos are always exquisite. I will be purchasing bark butter !! 🤩🤩🤩
Hi, Pamela. Good to hear from you--and to hear how much this movie appealed to you. It's also nice to hear that you're going to buy bark butter. You probably already saw the movie I did about bark butter last March, but let me repeat the warning I gave people in that video, that it also attracts Starlings and House Sparrows.
Oh well, the Starlings and sparrows will have to share with everyone 😉
Immensely interesting!
Thank you, Jack. I found these LBJs immensely interesting too.
I see them under the nyger seed feeder often. I always find their song rather comforting.
A haunting melody can be comforting.
Wonderful Video Jo!
Best regards
Donna McKnight
Donna, how nice to hear from you. I haven't been on Facebook lately, so I haven't seen your latest photos, I'll bet you're still capturing wonderful wildlife shots. Glad you enjoyed this video.
I adore the white-throated sparrows and eagerly await their return in the fall. Thanks Jo! Be well
Hi, Lisa. Good to hear from you.Speaking of the White-throats returning every fall, ours have--but the Juncos haven't. We've only got two or three of them. How about you?
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME initially I had six juncos and then a stretch where I haven’t seen any and now yesterday I saw four.
@@LisaSaffell is that more or less normal for you?
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME I think by the end of this last winter I had three regular DEJU coming to my yard and Hope Springs. It will be interesting to see how many stick around.
@@LisaSaffell Okay then, your numbers so far are pretty much normal for you.
Love the video. Thanks Jo.
You’re welcome, Ian, and thanks for commenting.
Good day. Sharing my support
Im a new friend here now
See you at my Home. wishing you success and more additional true friends to come
God Bless Us Always.
Welcome, Nessel. I'm glad to have another friend on my channel. I don't post often, but I have 300 film up already. As a subscriber, you have access to all of them. I hope some of the other videos will inform and entertain you.
I love you, Jo! Your videos are awesome!
And I love to hear that, Spyder. Thanks for telling me.
Wonderful footage! Well done as always. :)
Thanks, especially for the “as always “.
Thanks, I really enjoyed the slow mo!
Oh, Sarah, I've been having so much fun with the camera I bought for super slomo, starting with dragonflies. One thing it's good for--I don't know whether you noticed it--is flight shots. Usually film of a bird taking off is worthless because it happens too fast to show up effectively on film. Without the slomo, the bird is just suddenly gone from the frame. But I can capture flight in slomo and speed it up so that it looks normal while actually being slower than real life. My husband and I are thinking of visiting Ecuador next summer, specifically to give me a chance to film outrageously beautiful hummingbirds fighting each other.
I thoroughly enjoyed this lovely video. I love white throated sparrows but only see them a couple of weeks out of the year (in May). Thank you and please take care of yourself.
Thanks for writing, Letty, and letting me know how much you enjoyed the video. I just hit 80 last Saturday, but I'm still tickin' along pretty well.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME Glad to hear it and Happy Birthday!
I love your videos so much!!
Thank you. ☺️
Oh now I know who's making that particular eerie call near my house!
Nice to put a face with that voice, right?
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME Indeed, it is.
Hiya Jo!🤗 So good to see you again and another one of your wonderful videos, have missed you hun. Loved your video as always. Take care of yourself please God bless you always, and have a very blessed and Merry Christmas!
Hey, Jeannine, good to hear from you! And I’m glad to hear you liked the movie. Yes, I’m taking excellent care of myself. I’m a health food nut who walks and exercises daily.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME that's wonderful hun so glad to hear that you're doing well. I keep you in my prayers always.
Great new video Jo!
Hey there, good to hear from you! And it's a pleasure to hear you liked the movie.I've been gathering the footage for several winters, so I had plenty to choose from, but I think the slomo is what really capped everything off. Love that camera.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME Love that camera too. Latest project is capturing macro of bees in flight at 1K FPS. Just posed video on my channel. Happy New Year!
Wow this is very interesting thank you. Your narratives are very informative and rewarding for me. I've noticed such acrobatics and aggressiveness as well while taking pics of the white throated. It's certainly a fast shutter and good light to capture it clearly.
I'm happy to hear the video interested you so much, Jeremiah. As a photographer you get glimpses of what happens when the birds move so fast. The nice thing about video in super slomo is that it gives you the whole sequence. The downside is that my camera has very little range, and the footage is never as crisp as it ought to be. And boy, are you right about the need for good lighting! I've asked the sparrows repeatedly to move to an area with better light, and they just don't cooperate.
Haha funny, you certainly do feel some sort of connection when you feed them and photograph them. Not that I'm the one who's in charge. My wife says I'm the one that's the pet - the one that's trained faithfully putting out different types of seed/nuts different locations depending on my observations to what I interpret what each species of bird want. Take care have a nice day and keep the videos coming.
@@jeremiahyoung5931 My husband feeds them, but sometimes I tell him where I need him to put it.
Last year, I had one White-Throated Sparrow coming to my yard. My mom had some old dried-up pepper plants that made great cover. I would throw the seeds on the ground and he would come. I later got a platform feeder, although it was close to the shrubs, the sparrow didn't come onto the feeder. Sadly, that sparrow hasn't come back yet. But this is one heck of a bird. I JUST WISH THE DUMB SQUIRRELS DIDN'T EAT ALL THE SEEDS!!
Hah! Squirrels...the bane of birders everywhere! I remember getting into birds for real, a few years ago and thinking it was weird how all the "birders" I knew hated squirrels. I get it now, although I understand them!
I assume you have squirrel baffles on the tube feeders, Tony (ruclips.net/video/a62jsnt8O-U/видео.html). Of course, there's no keeping them away from what you spread for the ground feeders, but the squirrels don't care for nyjer seeds. You might find the info in this film useful in figuring out how to feed birds and attract them to your yard: ruclips.net/video/2PLfBIge5vU/видео.html.
Tony, good luck with thwarting the squirrels. I gave up years ago, and just feed everyone. I have one very pushy squirrel who has progressed over the two years I've known her to helping herself to the raw almonds I keep in my left coat pocket for her.
I had read that squirrels don't like safflower seeds, so tried those. They worked for a time, but my squirrels developed a taste for them eventually. Once I foolishly mixed them with sun hearts and filled a feeder. The squirrels parked on the feeder in turns and picked out the hearts, letting the safflower fall. This made the white throats and mourning doves very happy.
Thanks alot sister, GREAT video
Thank you! It was my pleasure, Keith, believe me. Making these films is work, FUN work, especially when I hear from people that they appreciate it.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME I did appreciate, GREAT job
Memphis, TN. Oh I love this one about the white throated sparrow!!!!! Thank you for directing me to it!!! You are so talented, I just love your style!!! Are you an author of any books? Because of your video I realize I had just about everything needed to attract these feisty sparrows! A running stream, a good sized stick bramble( they loved it!!!!) and of course a constant supply of food! I had the one with yellow and I absolutely loved watching them along with all the junkos who way outnumbered the sparrows!!!! I was able for the first time in my life to identify the beautiful song to this unlikely candidate!!!!! I remember hearing this song as a young girl at my grandparents who lived in the hill country of Texas, butI never knew the bird who was singing!
Last year was extremely difficult as I went through caring for my parents who passed 2 months apart!! Most of last year was spent in Texas, and when I got back home I NEEDED the birds!!!!! They brought me so much joy, watching them directly out my kitchen window! I make homemade suet ( gets expensive) for them. Around the first part of January, I had a visitor who thrilled me to pieces! When I looked him up (I had never seen one before) I discovered him to be a bullocks oriole!!!! I quickly looked up as much info as I could on this gorgeous visitor and realized he was way out of winter range! I didn’t expect him to come back, but he was a daily visitor until March!!!!! I felt like God knew of my sadness and sent this amazing flash of orange every day!!!! Did I ever struggle with keeping that suet feeder supplied with all my eastern bluebirds, nuthatches, woodpeckers, etc….
Yeah, I’m sorry to hear about there being no replacement parts and you are needing to slow down your activities! Thank you for making these wonderful bird videos!!! I have such a love for birds even as a child. I don’t know if I could count the number of baby birds I raised in my younger years! One was just a sparrow who fell out of a nest that was way too high to place back. He was featherless and must have injured something when he fell because he never could fly. So he stayed in a cage and when I got home from school I would let him hop in the garden to forage for food and I did my homework in a climbing tree and that sparrow was with me!!! We had moved from Houston where I had lots of friends ( I was 11) to a very small town with no one but the birds! Sorry for rambling on. I will be watching all of your wonderful videos!!!! Thank you!!!!!💕🌸
Considering the lively interest you have had in birds since childhood, it’s fun for me to recommend a couple of other movies I’m pretty sure you’ll find useful. I did one called birds on bark butter a year ago, and it might inspire you to put up bark butter to attract woodpeckers and nuthatches. The White-throats love it too. And if you decide you’d like to add that to the way you feed birds, take a look at the top comment because it offers a recipe for homemade bark butter. The other suggestion I to offer is the movie I made about Juncos.
What a beautiful video! Your narration is great as always. It motivated me to go and make my homemade suet today, especially since it was down to 12F here this morning. Thank you for all your efforts to let the rest of us see birds in such wonderful ways!
It's nice to hear that the movie actually prompted concrete action to help the birds. Not that you wouldn't have done that anyway; obviously you're in the habit. I'm glad to hear that you liked the movie so much. These 15 minute movies are a bear to make--just keeping track of where each of the 250 or so clips in it are located is a challenge. But the bigger the challenge, the sweeter the reward.
As I got ready to answer you, I noticed that the link to your channel was missing in the description. Odd, because when I clicked Edit Movie, it was there. Anyway, it's there now. I know you said credit wasn't important to you and thanks for that attitude. But it's important to me to give credit where it's due. Thanks again.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME My husband and I were talking yesterday about how time consuming these videos are. That's why I appreciate them so much. As far as feeding the birds, I make my homemade suet every winter and I also make my own seed cylinders. We have a Wild Birds Unlimited in town but we have so many birds, buying things there would soon put us into the poor house so I have been making my own. I know you know the feeling because I heard your comments about the starlings. I love my starlings. The weather has been so mild here that I hadn't made any suet yet but had all the ingredients already purchased. Your video gave me that little notch to go and make it. Thanks again.
@@SantaFeLady I love/hate the Starlings. After I published this film (ruclips.net/video/9vaqis3e1Ik/видео.html), some commenters told me about their pet Starlings, which are actually accomplished mimics.
The winter here has been so abnormally warm that it couldn't be attributed to anything but climate change. Nobody but me is complaining about it, though. I get that, but I found it difficult to get all the White-throated footage I wanted because when it's this warm, they don't bother much coming to our food. Except for the slomo stuff, most of the footage in my movie about them came from last winter or the winter before.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME I am pretty much an equal opportunity bird lover. The starlings are so beautiful. I love their colors. But yes, they can wipe out the food in a matter of hours or less.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME Actually, in looking out of my window right now, one of the birds that are here much more frequent than the starlings and also eats a lot of food are the Eurasian Collared Doves.
Also, great video keep up the great work.
I worked very, very hard on this vid, Tony (as I always do), so I love to hear high praise for it. Thanks.
Just a mean drunk without the alcohol!!! 😂
I appreciate it when somebody lets me know which particular line tickled him. So, thanks, Kevin. (And you're welcome.)
So nice to see an upload from you, Jo! My hubby and I are very partial to our white throats here in CT, they always come out to sing for us when they're here. Ours don't really do the aggressive thing with each other that we see...maybe to other birds tho! Hah, they are spunky. Oh also, was that a weasel or a marten that you showed a quick clip of by the water?? Very cool!! You just keep enjoying your birds and your loved ones! Know you are appreciated! Happy holidays! 💌🐦🦆🦉❄
What sweet well wishes from you. Thank you.
The White-throats fight mostly among themselves, but it isn't constant. Still, if you watch for it, I bet you'll see it.
That was a mink in the water shot. My husband looked it up and said he was pretty sure about that. Is that not cool?! We think a pair was raising a brood on the creek bank, because we saw one in that same spot several times.
Jo I live in Huntington Beach, Ca just 15 min outside of LA. In the neighborhoods all we see are LBJ’s till you go to the beach. There we have so many birds including breading California Condors! My backyard is a huge wetlands bird sanctuary and I ❤️❤️❤️ it. But I always wonder why we only have LBJ’s in our hoods? Thanks Jo!
That is odd all right, Christina. You'd think you'd get the occasional Scrub Jay or something like that. No, I have no idea why it's like that. All I can say is: time to learn to love House Sparrows 🥴 At least you have the wetlands. That part sounds magnificent.
Sooo happy to see you again!!
We miss you so much!
May you remain happy and healthy!
Thank you for this video.
I’m having such a hard time with the Sparrow’s in my backyard feeders.
They keep spilling out the seeds.
They’ve been behaving like Starlings.
What can I do?
Hey, hey, hey, it's good to hear from you! (Should I just address you as Wella Wally?) I'm actually healthy for someone my age, but staying that way and conquering the issues I do have takes time, thus leaving me less time for this hobby.
As for the messy sparrows on your feeders, we just consider spillage part of the process, a way to distribute seed to the ground feeders like Mourning Doves and White-throats. Cardinals and Bluejays will also eat on the ground. I don't know of any way to stop birds from spilling the seed out of tray feeders.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME
My name is Mirna.
Wella Wally is how one of my grandkids call me and I love it.
Wella is short for grandma, in Spanish.
Wally is my nickname.
You can call me as you like. 😊
I did the ground feeding and I got a few uninvited”friends” like Racoons, and Skunks.
We absolutely love your videos, and you are in our prayers for good health.
Take care! 💝
@@WellaWally65 Now that I know the backstory, I'll just stick with Wella Wally.
We get raccoons too. Man, are they determined, destructive (or from their point of view inventive in the face of habitat loss because of humans) creatures. We just put up with them. But skunks now, that might be another matter.
Thanks for the prayers for my good health. I attack every health issue with determination, and I do a good job of controlling them. But it's time consuming to stay healthy at this age.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME 💝
Hi Wella, How are you doing today?
i've only known of these videos for a couple hours, as i stumbled across them through a newfound interest in birds. the educational and perspective aspect of it all is astounding and infatuating. the similes and analogies are precise and artfully expressed with a familiar midwest american sense of wisdom and calm. all that being said, it's the last few sentences of this video that really got me. as a professional mechanic and "novice" philosopher that admittedly tends to fear death as us humans occasionally do, those words really jerked the tears out of me. beautifully put, for better or worse. i've got a feeling i won't be able to find replacement parts either, but im going to hot rod what i've got until i break. Thank You for sharing your beautiful brain.
It's a pleasant day here in St. Louis, and I spent the morning filming. What a treat to come home and find your comment waiting for me. Thanks for the generous praise. By now, I'm 81 and ticking along nicely for someone my age. Sure, my carburetor is still rusty, but I figure that if I treat it with care, it'll hold up for quite a few more years.
Maintenance is always key, especially when there's no replacements. Glad to hear you're ticking along nicely. It's a number not a state of mind right? It was beautiful a few hundred miles north of you today at Mt. Baldy in the indiana dudes state park. Hundreds of swallows all nested in the side of the dune, taking turns running their laps over the lake and back. I have never seen that there until they restricted foot traffic. Real nice.
@@toastybuddy8743 maintenance is key, yes. Absolutely. It’s interesting that you should have just seen all those swallows running laps as you say. Good way to put it. I just posted a movie about barn swallows in flight, and I’ll put up another movie about swallows in general sometime this summer. I can’t get enough of them!
Nice ur voice
Thanks.
*Hopefully they are just bluffing each other and none get injured when these birds ruffle their feathers*
Oh, I've never seen any of them actually get hurt in these dustups.
look for a video here on youtube called "rain of birds in mexico" play it back slowest speed. seem normal?
Happy New Year Y'all
Back at ya, Teresa!
WOW, first time I see this in slow motion. How did you do it?
Geez, I just happened across your comment! Sorry about that. I filmed the super slomo with a Sony FDR AX700.
Actually reading a book about ancient samurai, tactics and strategy and it turns out that there is a form of fighting that was inspired by the actions of the tail of a swallow called the "swallow counter" check it out and merry Christmas :)
I did look it up, Gavin. Wish I had been aware of that when I did any of several movies about swallows. Too bad. Anyway, thanks for telling me. Maybe one of these days I'll do another swallow movie.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME it's a pleasure to share knowledge no need to thank only reason I saw your footage and education of swallows was because of that, although your commentary of how fierce they can be but graceful at the same time really coincidences with the book I was reading. So lol I guess you recognised a pure greatness converted into a martial art without even realising it, truly amazing matey keep it up also I subscribed and like a few videos :)
Hey jo can you do a video of how you attract mourning doves to your yard
I'm thinking that this year, I'll probably do a video about Mourning Doves, but in the meantime let me just say that attracting them to your yard is easy. They'll eat just about any kind of seed you throw out. Do you have trouble attracting them?
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME yes I rarely ever see them I had a pair last spring and one lone female a month ago but my grandmother used to have like 20 line up on her rails and that’s what I’m wanting to do lol
@@tatehunleyoutdoors3165 Odd. That's all I know to say about it, Tate. 🤷♀️
Hey, East Tennessee! I just ran across this comment from a year ago and wanted to tell you that the Mourning Dove movie will post this Friday,