I had just finished parking my car in front of the house, I had been out doing some food shopping, when I looked to my left and saw three birds hopping around my neighbours lawn. Quickly all three popped up and flew across the road towards another lawn, just as they were about to make it to the other side the third bird in the back got clipped by a passing car. It happened so fast I didn't realize what I saw until the chirping grew louder and I noticed the two other birds had flown back to where the third bird was lying in the street. As this was happening about eight more birds of different breeds flew in close, some landed on telephone wires some flew right to the nearest curb, all of them chirping in a distressed mode. Another car came and as it did the chirping got louder, the injured bird started to get up as the other birds flew to safety. The approaching car slowed down a bit and drove around the flailing bird. The other birds started darting back and forth across the street as if trying to ward off traffic, two little sparrows dropped down next to the bird who was now laying very still although I could see it's head looking around, one of the original three birds flew down next to them and they all started chirping loudly and in unison as if saying "get up, get up!" when another car coming from the opposite direction quickly approached all three birds at the very last second reluctantly flew off and the injured one got hit again. All the birds flew up to the overhead wires and just chirped wildly for a moment and then flew off, except for one bird who sat there on the wire directly above with his head tucked under his left wing, silent.
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wow. i don't know what to say, either. thanks for posting that.
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There can be beauty and tragedy in the most unexpected moments and places. Poor little guy. :(
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What in the hell? Crazy stuff. It reminded me of that guy who got hit by that car in Connecticut recently. So the guy is hit by a car which keeps going and the people who saw it did nothing. Pretty scary.
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Really? That's a sad little vignette and pic. Thanks for posting it.
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To lighten the mood....
A great many years ago, my wife and I agreed to sleep out in the back garden in a tent with our two year old daughter in the middle of summer. Before going to bed, we became aware of a commotion. There was a baby bird lost and lying in the garden, and both our cats were prowling. Daughter had a much-loved old shoebox she called her "plank of wood". She agreed that we could keep the bird in the house inside her plank of wood.
Baby bird survived the night, and was duly returned to the bird table in the morning, cats now locked indoors. Cue mass pandemonium at the return of the avian prodigal
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There was a lot of beauty that transpired over this sad little incident. You always see the poor animals lying next to the road but you rarely see how they got there. I was transfixed by the "humanity" of all these different types of birds working together to try to help and then deeply saddened watching that one bird, who stayed there for a long time, mourn over it's dead friend.
Baudolino I've experienced that as well. We are not the only animals that experience joy and sadness. Thanks for the flip side to my sad story.
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wow. what a heartbreakingly beautiful story. thanks for sharing it.
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That is a beaitful and sad story. It reminds me of a documentary I watched once on lemurs (I love lemurs). One of the lemur's young had gone missing, and the anguish of the mother was completely human, for lack of a better word. It was heartbreaking to watch her try and find the little one. The sad part is, years later I can't remember if she did or not.
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We really could learn a lot from nature. As PopeyePete's comment shows, we've unfortunately grown uncaring to the suffering of others. The birds sprung to action though, to try to save a fellow that had been struck down.
It's that spirit of brotherhood that is so sadly missing, and our society will never heal as a whole until we recapture that.
:::steps off soapbox:::
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I was going to say "Thanks Linus" but it is sadly true, I sort of felt like that photographer who took the photo of the dying Ethiopian boy being stalked by a vulture, before I knew it the damage was done and then seconds later it was over but I sat and watched it none the less.
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Thanks dachmo for the story but thankyou more for the song, I lost a dear friend yesterday, i clicked on the red circle and the song just helped....helped alot. So thankyou again.....you seem to be in tune with not only nature but the world.
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It reminds me of a time that I saw some kids plow through the line of gosling being led across the street by their mother. They didn't even try to slow down. It's infuriating when you can witness more compassion and humanity in the "animals" of this world than we can see in the humans.
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I read your post last night, but I got a bit emotional (darn those pheromones), and didn't comment, thought I'd leave it for tomorrow {=today}, when my head would be more clear. But I read your post again and... Thank you for sharing this...
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Now I'm getting teary again.
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hugs...