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I always watched birds fly ever since I was little. My father would feed them (i.e. hummingbird, finches, and the mean blue jays. However as an adult I have come to personally favor Scrub Jay’s. I have a intimate relationship with them. “Jack” will take peanuts from my hand. If I am still sleeping, he will call to me outside my bedroom window. Yes, he knows all the rooms in the house and where I will be at certain times of the day. It really is about the relationship!
They seem to be the messengers of the gods. When a bird looks at you, you feel connected to nature.
When I was 13 I found out that I would never get to see a passenger pigeon. I believe people who came before me had no right to deprive me of ever seeing even one. I am 58 now and I hate extinction of any furture, bird ,mammal, fish, species, because I have no right to allow it to happen to the next generation. Besides birds are wonderful.
Birds matter because they are able to inhabit just about any place on earth. Resourceful, beautiful, adaptable… Need I say more? The mere sighting of a quail brings joy to my heart!
Not only are some delicious as one commenter notes, but the habitat in which the more elusive birds dwell is rejuvenating. By taking time to find a variety of birds all over the state of California, I am learning much about this amazing state.