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(65,409 posts)cinematicdiversions
(1,969 posts)Could be worse, I guess could be an Orioles tutorial video.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)back when I used to smoke many years ago I used to walk around a nearby lake at lunch break and smoke a cig. Apparently one day I walked too close to a blue jay nest and one came after me with grit and fortitude. I felt a stab on my shoulder and turned around and it was swooping up to get another shot at me and got me again. I decided to hurry off in a different direction.
I'm not saying that I quit smoking because of that bird but I did quit smoking not long after that.
I also quit walking around that lake so now I don't smoke but I also don't get any exercise.
ProfessorGAC
(65,078 posts)...that are like that.
I've seen people get attacked by them when they get near those nests in April & May.
Super aggressive & relentless.
Nobody ever got really hurt, more than a scratch. But, still.
Those are some brave, tough suckers to attack something 150 times their size!
Kingofalldems
(38,459 posts)I see them on the course sometimes--they seem to live near ponds, and yes quite aggressive.
ProfessorGAC
(65,078 posts)But, these birds have only the very top of the shoulder red.
It almost looks like the shoulder stripe on a football uniform. Really, bright red, too.
Kingofalldems
(38,459 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,078 posts)Here in Illinois we call them red shouldered. But, I can see red winged.
Must be an Illinois thing.