hi, sorry to bring up a potentially sensitive topic. I'm trying to approach this in a mature manner from the perspective of genuine scientific curiosity. There has been a lot of debate among scientists as to whether female orgasms occur in non-human animals. I believe they do, since some species don't release egg cells without mating. I feel like the case of the whiptail lizard is particularly relevant since they reproduce by parthenogenisis yet females mate in order to initiate their asexual reproduction. I'm not aware of lone whiptail lizards producing young as can be seen in animals like aphids and cockroaches. I suggest that there is some orgasm equivalent

All this time I thought these birds were swifts!!!

Great video with so much information! Thank you, Jo! New subscriber here ✨

Thank you.

Thank you.

I’m here bc dragonflies are currently mating on my window

Wonderful, thank you

When I was a kid growing up right above my bedroom window I have three bird nests call barn swallows every morning in the summertime with the windows open I hear them chirping never once did it bother me I'm in my 60s now am I still remember those days and I wish I had a pond behind my house like I had when I was a child just to have them around again. And quite honestly their nest never hurt the plywood or the clapboard that we had for siding on the house so we never crawled up there to take him down we just let him be and every summer they came back will I be on mowing in the summertime on the riding lawn mower they come swooping down pass the lawn mower to get the bugs I shot all of the shoot.

Your videos are super informative, interesting, & funny. I'm fairly new to the world of birds but learning lots from you. I live among & above the treetops in my building, spending lots of time on my balcony with binoculars. I've gotten several visits from a red-tailed hawk. (Off-subject a bit.) I hope you won't mind if I ask you questions sometimes in the comments. Thank you! 😊

The Cooper’s is a ruthless hawk. It’s built for the forest, with short rounded wings and long tail, assisting this raptor to easily maneuver between trees and branches in chase of it’s prey.

Love the ant eating flicker footage!

So nice to see them return here to the US in sprint always nice to see them in our trees canopies once again.

He really put his dukes up against that starling! Absolutely amazing film clip/ observation! Wow! So cool you got this on film. I wonder how often the flickers engage in this sort of back and forth with the starlings.

I had no idea a great horned owl can use an old flicker nest. What a fun fact!

Flickers are so wonderful! Really enjoyed this presentation. I noticed in other comments that you mentioned and posted links to more flicker videos! I look forward to viewing those as well!

I'm glad I noticed the nest and went around.

great video. always great content. thank you

I have lived in my apartment for over 14 years. I have a generational barn swallow nest. I knock it down and clean the bird poop off my balcony every year, and every year they move back in. From my understanding it is the exact same family, whether parents or new children. They are very unafraid of humans, and you can't get rid of them. I just let them nest for the season, and then clean up the stack of poo they left behind.

This is so pleasant :)

Thank you.

In order to gather nectar, its wings also need to flap that way in order to not blow the flowers away from itself while feeding.

I was fortunate to see a nest outside my job and daily I'd check up on the nest. To make sure they were still there. It's a beautiful thing.

he's so cute when he turns his head! they also have a sweet song. I had one in my window for the first time this morning.

Honestly, I can't stand them. It's nice that they eat the bugs, but when you live upstairs in an apartment building and every time you step outside you front door and two of them start swooping in on you from a few feet away because they are obsessed with sitting in the lighting fixture in the common area that all four apartment front doors share in our building, it's irritating. To make matters worse, a few days ago I was outside getting ready to head to a friend's house when *SPLAT!* One of them swooped by and dropped a slippery, wet 💩 right on my hand between my thumb and index finger. The worst part though? If you don't destroy their nest, they will continue to come back every year and in total we have about 8 in our immediate area. But these birds and their nests are federally protected as they are native to the US.

Do you think putting a halo will scare them away? I just had a pair start building a nest this weekend but there are house sparrows 20 feet away at the feeder.

Lol my Mom hated starlings because they would ransack her feeders now I'm raising an orphan baby starling. They can talk and mimic other sounds. And they're pretty.

I've just found your channel but I love your videos! So informative, and such amazing footage you've captured. These short movies seem perfect to put on for young children as downtime from school or video games. Absolutely wholesome. I'll be recommending your channel to all my friends.

I love this. hahah Their mewing is really cute. I had a tuxedo cat that would mew exactly like the catbird, so it finally made sense to me.

Catbirds are my favorite! I love their crazy, bubbly songs.

I found this video out of my curiosity watching robins feeding from pale grass and never understood what is there that they feed on. I got all my answers and I also found an amazing channel.

I'm so excited. They have just started building a nest on my front porch. In my neighborhood I'm quite sure no one else would allow such on their porch. Me, I'm thrilled that nature chose me!!!

Longer tail better play sounds oddly familiar

I stumbled upon this video and while I agree that starlings are pests, I would never kill them. But a lot of your commenters are terrible people and not TRUE birders. People that enjoy killing animals are psychopaths that need meds. There are ways to feed birds that discourage the Starlings, Grackles & Blackbirds. Use Safflower and Nyjer seed. Upside down suet feeders also will prevent that.muse bird feeders that have a small hole opening cage around them. This will be the only time I comment on your videos and will never watch them again because you have sickos watching your vids. Terrible!

I've recently begun feeding peanuts to a local flock of birds near the ocean in Florida, and came online to find out more about what they might be. Thank you so much for your playfully narrated, informative videos! I'm gaining such an appreciation for the Grackle. I had been hoping they were crows, but not so much anymore. :)

I love this video. A robin made a nest in my apple tree. The mom was so diligent and sat on her nest of beautiful blue eggs around the clock. Then a few days before they were due to hatch, the nest was bare. I looked at my trail camera and saw a big dark shadow of a bird gobbling them up as mom robin tried in vain to scare him away. Nature is tragic sometimes.

That noise is cap. They click or hiss.

Great vid' and beautiful filming.

The Eurasian tree sparrow k1lls adult bluebirds too. They just havent gotten the reputation like the house sparrow because we have such little data. Ive been watching this bird for years in the States and have gotten footage of one attacking a bluebird

OH, my goodness!!! JO.....what A PLEASURE you are to listen to sweet heart, how I wish I had found you sooner. You're such a joy and I LOVE your voice....KZbin certainly took its time recommending you. I absolutely adore wildlife but trying to find channels without some stupid darn razzmatazz music is like pulling teeth. What a lovely channel, I'm SO pleased to have found you. 😊😊😊

European starlings are also iridescent!

This is a great video! Had my own who came back annually for 4 years to follow me through my gardening routine to get snacks :-)

I live in DC and I just watched the cutest courting of cardinals this morning. The male is so stunning and bright red and I see him daily at his usual spots . The female was all over him. They were looking for food hopping around and he would wait for her, looking to make sure they were still together, then run back to each other for what I call a kiss. It was so endearing.

Wow. Poop eating butterflies. Who would've thought of that the way they are so pretty. Nothing goes wasted. Interesting. Thanks Jo.

Wish this had more description of their target acquisition. Those gnats are so damned small, how are they seeing them while they're flying so fast?

I have heard Mocking birds quack like a duck.

Amazing! I had seen this one, Ms. Jo! I didn’t remember. But now, my granddaughter will enjoy this great video! Thank you, dearest Ms. Jo! Stay healthy and blessed!

Just got in from watching a diligent little hawkmoth pollinating every flower of our garden, and now this greets me. These narrations give me such joy! You credit their intelligence without anthropomorphizing them and it rocks! Also thank you for reminding me about "This little light of mine."

Saw a nice Eastern Kingbird today and it was very nice to photograph and see in a nearby park. It is nice to see them back at their breeding grounds in the US in our beautiful fields often perched on fences or reeds.

There's nothing like sitting on my porch and having these little birds swarm my feeders. It's special whenever one hovers in front of me checking me out doing that little curious chirp with each movement with it's wings sounding like sugar fueled helicopter. I love my little maniacs.

Lovely narration 👍