Orchestra of animals tonight

[PixieDust]

Im not sure if this thread has much purpose but i felt compelled to share my experiance tonight.

It actually started this morning when a humming bird came within one foot of me and hovered for a minute and flew off. Scared the utter crap out of me because i thought i was being attacked by a giant bee. I never realized how loud humming bird are until one was right next to me! I thanked him for his visit and acknowledged his presence cause this was obviously weird behavior and was telling me something.

Then a few hours later i was outside again and it was raining slightly and a single honey bee came up and wouldn't leave me alone. I thought it strange because it was raining and i figured it should be in its hive. I thanked him too and started questioning what it was i was missing after having two visits like this. The bee never left or landed anywhere but kept flying around my head for at least 15 minutes until i went back inside.

Then tonight there is a ton of animals singing. I've never heard this many animals at once. I always hear cyotes once or twice and then of course the constant chorus of nightly insects but tonight there are at least 3 cyote packs yipping and yowling. At least they are coming from 3 different directions. I possibly heard a bobcat scream but it could have been a cyote because i heard it durring one of their spells. Im currently listening to two hoot owls converse, one being in a tree maybe 10 feet away from me. Theres also a bull frog which i never hear this close to the house. Lastly, theres my mystery animal which has been bugging me for the past 2 weeks cause i dont know what it is! I've come to the conclusion its possibly an owl but i dont know what kind. Obviously not hoot cause there is a hoot owl and its not that. its a moaning call. Then of course the neighbors cows.

my poor dog is going crazy, she trys to act so tough.

I just thought it was interesting that so many different animals were singing/speaking at the same time and that so many came to see me today.

Has anyone else noticed an increase in animal activity near their home?

I know there is a meteor shower on the 13th and figured that has something to do with it.

I've been rather down the past few days, my husband has his leave and left again. I figured that was the reason for the humming bird and honey bee.

So now im sitting back breathing in the cool night air and listening to the symphony and taking in the love from the animal kingdom! I urge others to do the same. Talk about being soothed and healed!

[sandy]

Wonderful PixieDust,

Sounds awesome and very rewarding, just the sense of it made me say awwwwwwww out loud. thank you :)

[TWINCANS]

I'm sorry your husband has left. Happy that nature has drawn near.

[Robstar]

Glad the animals came to visit you. It always lifts my spirits when animals come to visit.
An owl made his appearance in my back yard last week. We think it is a young owl.

[markoid]

Wow, what abundant surroundings you live in. I get a construct of a 'blanket of nature' in my mind :)
I also have regular interaction with small wrens when I sit to meditate outdoors. They often land now on the back of the chair I sit on and sometimes on my foot. Each time feels like a blessed event... very touching.
Enjoy your beautiful interactions... sounds wondrous!

[Sierra]

I live in a built up suburbia so night time animals not so much, a raccoon comes through once in awhile, dirties up one of the bird baths and leaves, but the daytime has been intense lately. I have multiple bird feeds and two bird baths, a huge redwood directly outside the fence so I get a lot of day time visitors, chickadees, nuthatches, juncos, towees, goldfinches, titmouses, Adele's woodpeckers, wrentits, sparrows, a pair of doves, common house finches, the odd fly catcher, a few cedar waxwings or robins passing through on their way north or south, overhead are the crows, hawks and bluejays while the buzzards on the thermals I can see through the trees, circling to peel off towards the bay.

Three humming birds :)

Yesterday morning I did not have my hearing aids on while banging away on my laptop, earbuds in use, but my husband eventually tells me a blue jay had been screaming at me for two hours (surely he exaggerates I think). I put my hearing aids on, open the door, lean over and the blue jay is sitting on the edge of the roof of an L-shaped corner looking down at me. I look at him. He yells and yells and yells at me. wtf. I don't know. Eventually he leaves (I drive him off) (three times) and the little ones come back and start eating and drinking again. Kind of reminds me of the forum now that I think about it ... snrt. I shouldn't have said that. But it is funny. Oh come on, its funny.

So anyway, that happened. The other thing is the babies. Now the babies, every year without fail, land in the yard and hold still and look around. I mean examine things, each object specifically. After awhile, you know you are looking at a baby just for that reason, because they are staying in one place for so long. The mothers will dive bomb the babies to get them moving again. From what I can tell, each baby gets one free pass to examine their surroundings without interruption, after that, the parental dive bombing begins. Adults are always on the move. The babies are shrieking monsters this year beyond belief. And I am deaf. I step outside lol and the sound in the trees! Unbelievable!

The babies are all behaving differently this year. The nuthatch baby goes in the bath sideways, not backwards. The nuthatches are very spotted on the breast this year, and rather rumpled, not so much the little killer whale white breast polished and suave look. And brown on the end of the tails on a lot of them, rather than the one steel blue all the way down.

I've seen a goldfinch on the ground for the first time. Goldfinches are the most territorial of the bunch usually and they are sharing the finch sock with the chickadees and nuthatches this year. Goldfinches ONLY come to the bath for water or when a towee is bathing (no I don't know why), not any other breed of bird. This year, they came down to watch a nuthatch take a bath. Its so funny. The goldfinches just sit on the edge of the bath, craning their little necks at the bird in the bath. The goldfinches are also among the most shy. Today I stood up from the bench and a goldfinch landed on the finch sock six inches from my head and regarded me for about five seconds before flying away. Highly unusual. Must've been a baby :).

The grounder pounders are far more nervous this year than usual. The juncos are positively shy and most years they stroll right into the bedroom, look around, stroll out again while I am laptopping. How odd this year is ... I should say this summer... the juncos were their usual selves of great chutzpah this spring ...

Every year is different but this year the difference is in lots of different kinds of birds, not just a few. But it is the first year we got a new baby wrentit. Yay! Yay! Oh he is so cute! His tail sticks STRAIGHT up in the air lol. They are the most scooterbunnerish, roadrunnerish of all the grounder pounders. Little speedy wizards.

The elephant ears are huge this year. The miniature orange tree is sprouting fruit, little tiny green corrugated oranges :) The tomato plants are a beautiful green. The baby pink rose plants have finally taken off in back under the Redwood. A patch has been cleared out, already previously fenced and boxed about 6'X5' where I am going to fill with sand. The wisteria hangs down inside the sand box. Then we can sit down or lie down on Mother Earth under the Redwood, meditating or reading... The sand can only do good to the earth there, which is solid rock hard clay. Now to figure out a roof to keep the cats, squirrels. redwood tree droppings (redwood shedding season has begun), bird droppings etc. out of the sandbox. There is almost no full sunlight now, everything is so overgrown. Don't think the tomatoes will actually grow, much less ripen. I don't mind. The green bower is glorious.

Sierra :wave:

[Sierra]

Robstar,

That is the most adorable baby owl ever ... :luv:

[Maia Gabrial]

More Hummingbirds for you!

[Sierra]

More Hummingbirds for you!

omg Maia!!! How amazing! markoid said he feels so blessed when a wren lands on his foot and now this! Once, I had a nuthatch land on my head while I was sitting with a friend in the back yard. I still bliss out when I think about it :)

I can't imagine how you get humming birds to come to hand ...

Sierra :)

[PixieDust]

Robstar... Cutest owl ever! they're such mysterious creatures. I remember when i was a little girl seeing a hoot owl fly right over me and being amazed by how big they are and how heavy they seem to be but yet can still fly!

markoid.. Im sure if feels like a blessed event because it is blessed! its wonderful when birds feel safe enough to come make contact with you.

Sierra.. what an amazing collection of bird youve attracted! im sure watching the baby birds learn things is just adorable. When i lived in an apt last year i had dove nests on my deck. I was lucky to see one pair of doves grow two sets of babies. The first one had just hatched when i moved in and then the next season i got to see them restore their nest incubate the eggs and hatch and fly off. I named them pete and lucy. Such good parents. There babies even came back to visit me once or twice after they had flown off. Another set of doves came in a different nest a few months after the first babies flew off. They didnt seem as good as parents as Pete and Lucy because i often saw their nest empty when they had their eggs in there. Unfortunatly i had to move before i could see their babies. I felt like the crazy bird lady because id sit there and talk to them. Im sure my neighbors thought i was nuts! Im worried the maitence people or the next residence will/have knocked the nests down. They're very clean when using them but once the babies leave they make a huge mess. Hopefully the nests are still there. i read doves reuse nests season after season.

Miai.. that is an amazing photograph! im sure an amazing experiance as well. thank you for sharing!

[Maia Gabrial]

Animals are amazing! Thank you for sharing your story with us, PixieDust.

[onawah]

I love hummers and owls so much. Thanks for the pics! And wildlife descriptions.

[shadowstalker]

We have the occasional cat come to us and the occasional puppy, they are usually young as well or they bring their kittens over. And they want to stay for some reason.

[Sierra]

mmmmm PixieDust ... maybe you *are* a crazy bird lady lol. I know I'm a crazy bird lady, I babble to the birds all the time! Well, I babble to the tomato plants too so I'm probably further along the path to the locked room in the attic where they keep the crazy aunties than you are ...

I will and intent watchfulness and care and safety for your honey if that is all right with you.

Sierra :wave:

[Lord Sidious]

At one of the other places I lived at, this is what would greet me at dawn each day.
Not just one, but a stack of em.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc_-icFHwQo

The last place I was at, these guys used to come around the house when I sat out in the back yard.
This isn't a crow, it is an Australian Raven.
To my ancestors these are the symbol of death.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSp89rbaq_M

The black and white birds at the end are magpies.
They always sing before rain.

[Maia Gabrial]

I'd give anything to understand what they're saying!
Awesome, Lord Sidious.

[Lord Sidious]

I'd give anything to understand what they're saying!
Awesome, Lord Sidious.

Not sure what the ravens were saying, but I am fairly sure the kookaburra was saying

Get a haircut ya untidy looking nugget

[Maia Gabrial]

:laugh:
Yeah, probably did....
Having a stack of Kookaburras talking at you had to be hilarious.

[animalspirits]

PixieDust,

Animals have such a wonderful way of speaking directly to our souls and making it sing.

BTW, Hummingbird gives you endurance over long journeys/separations and has the ability to use it's tiny beak to heal emotional wounds.

Honeybee has the ability to talk to spirits.

;)

[Orph]

I know I'm a crazy bird lady, I babble to the birds all the time! Well, I babble to the tomato plants too

Shoot, I talk to just about everything "out there" that I see. Animals, plants, rocks, Mother Earth, the moon, the stars, ........................ . Unfortunately, I have yet to get any replies. :(

[animalspirits]

I know I'm a crazy bird lady, I babble to the birds all the time! Well, I babble to the tomato plants too

Shoot, I talk to just about everything "out there" that I see. Animals, plants, rocks, Mother Earth, the moon, the stars, ........................ . Unfortunately, I have yet to get any replies. :(

Orph:

Just keep on doing that. They communicate telepathically. Their answers come to you extremely quickly...instantaneously. The trick is to not allow your mind/ego to think about the conversation because the mind/ego, seeking to control what is a soul to soul conversation, will attempt to change the discussion. Trust your instincts and continue trying.

Whether you hear what they say to you, they do appreciate your attempt to talk to them.

[Orph]

Orph:

Just keep on doing that. They communicate telepathically. Their answers come to you extremely quickly...instantaneously. The trick is to not allow your mind/ego to think about the conversation because the mind/ego, seeking to control what is a soul to soul conversation, will attempt to change the discussion. Trust your instincts and continue trying.

Whether you hear what they say to you, they do appreciate your attempt to talk to them.Thanks. I'll try to keep that in mind. ............No wait, if I keep that "in mind", I'll probably be blocking their communications. I'll just keep my mind blank. ........ No, then they'll think that I'm an airhead and won't bother communicating. LOL. Actually, your probably right about the ego thing. I probably need to try and be more heart centered. Practice, practice practice.

[Sierra]

PixieDust,
Honeybee has the ability to talk to spirits.
;)

Ah! Something makes perfect sense now! If you raise bees, you are supposed to bow to the hive/box and greet them every day and give them the latest news of the family, what is going on in every family member's life. Well, if the bees turn around and talk to spirits ... now it makes sense why the bees want the gossip lol.

[animalspirits]

PixieDust,
Honeybee has the ability to talk to spirits.
;)

Ah! Something makes perfect sense now! If you raise bees, you are supposed to bow to the hive/box and greet them every day and give them the latest news of the family, what is going on in every family member's life. Well, if the bees turn around and talk to spirits ... now it makes sense why the bees want the gossip lol.

Sierra,

You better be careful what you tell them or the whole spirit world will know your business. LOL.

:gossip:

[Sierra]

PixieDust,
Honeybee has the ability to talk to spirits.
;)

Ah! Something makes perfect sense now! If you raise bees, you are supposed to bow to the hive/box and greet them every day and give them the latest news of the family, what is going on in every family member's life. Well, if the bees turn around and talk to spirits ... now it makes sense why the bees want the gossip lol.

Sierra,

You better be careful what you tell them or the whole spirit world will know your business. LOL.

:gossip:

<falling over laughing!> Yikes what a thought! Well, I better get used to it considering we're going telepathic in awhile I hear tell ... :gossip:

Sierra :becky:

[PixieDust]

you guys crack me up!

the honey bee has visited me every day so far since i posted this. today was a short visit, it was a beautiful day and i guess he had a lot of work to do!

i also got a visit from the humming bird he came in for a quick hi also.