I passed by my native wildflower specimen garden yesterday and as I quietly watched all the insects, flitting about, I thought, "hey, make a movie to show this and you can set it to music"! Then, it suddenly occurred to me - I had all the background music that I needed and as I listened, it made me grin, ear-to-ear as I compared them to human parents trying to get their stubborn teenagers to do something they didn't want to do. HA! Even birds have to deal with teenagers!
My 2 pair of adults were flying about, screeching to their kids to come fly with them and they even made a couple of cameo appearances in my movie below. "It's time to go!" they seemed to say with a great deal of urgency. Their many different vocalizations made me laugh and snort while taking the flower garden video. They sounded like they were trying to be very stern and convincing, attempting to get the youngsters to launch. It's surprising how loud they were - it was even more surprising how loud their kiddos were as they chirped back to their parents, demanding another bug.
It worked for one gourd as all the young from one of them finally fledged yesterday. Today, I only see the one remaining pair, persistently trying to coax their young out. There are regularly 8-10 visitors here every morning, but for such a social bird, they are surely desperate to leave and join the larger flocks at some of the roosts.
Enjoy the video - both the visual beauty of the insects, but also the beautiful audio. I think it's one that I'll listen to several times over the winter months, until the next season begins.
