Birds and the Bees

You know what's something I never knew before I gardened?

I never knew that birds have a community going on.  And when you come out and do something to the landscape, they get excited.

Not if you're just messing around a little.  But if you're in one of those phases where you're digging a big hole, or putting in a new tree or rearranging the landscape significantly they start making a lot of  extra noise up in the trees.

Birds:
What's she doing
Dunno
Turning over the dirt YES we like that YES
MORE WORMS MORE WORMS MORE WORMS
Ha ha ha ha and SEEDS more SEEDs more SEEDS
GO HUMAN GO dig that shit whooooo!!!
Finish that shit up so we can fly down and start snacking Ha ha ha

It's just like a whole chorus up there.

They're birds, so it's easy to get happy apparently.

The bees don't even wait for you to finish what you're doing.  They too feel like you're gardening exclusively for their benefit, and furthermore, why are you in their way to the blossomy goodness?  The huge jumbo jet bumblebees are like bzzzz bzzzz move your hand move your hand move your hand im inna hurry bzzzz

The worms, they do get the hardest break.  You can hear their tiny wormy cries: Gah why did you cut me in half  I was aerating!!
Me: Sorry, didn't see you.
Worms: Well watch where you've fucking digging OK HOLY SHIT THE ROBINZZZZ

Birds:  ha ha ha ha AWESOME!!!!!!

Comments

[Mel]

I made a mockingbird friend back when we had a lawn here in Brookline and it was infested with Japanese Beetle grubs. I'd lift up chunks of lawn, pluck out the grubs and throw them in the driveway. That bird got excited whenever I went outside.

[Kathleen]

Funny - so funny!! Thank you!