Flowers and Fledglings

[yourlibrarian]

From a recent trip, flowers and a very persistent bird.



While we were in DC waiting for a trolley pickup at the Lincoln Memorial, we were watching some grackles and strongly suspected we were seeing a juvenile hounding their parent for food. It was loud and screaming continuously. We once had a fledgling robin that turned up on our balcony where its parents had a new nest, engaging in quite similar behavior. This one was aggressive against the adult, pecking at it, but the larger bird ignored it and didn't attack back.

Comments

[veritas_poet]

Oh, the flowers are gorgeous! And young birds always make me laugh. They are like demanding children. "MOM! GIMME FOOD NOW!"

[yourlibrarian]

OMG I'M STARVING, STARVING I SAY!