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Just found out that this little bitch bird is killing all the other small birds that lived for years on the trees next to our house.
I noticed lately that the usual birds sounds are gone for the past three weeks, it appears this fucker is killing them
AJAB.
Nah, I back the blue jays.
Animals don't have malice. They're doing what they are supposed to do. It isn't always what we want them to do, but they have been here far longer than us.
What would they say if they were to judge humans for what we do? ๐ค
I had a Coopers Hawk that would now and then snag one of the invasive sparrows, but one day one of my beloved jays was its meal. By the time the jay or I knew what happened, it was too late to change anything. The hawk did its thing and took it away. I was sad for my jay, but the world needs hawks just as much.
We get animals all the time that people try to "save" from predators. They prolong the death of the prey and starve the predator. It invested a lot of vital energy into a hunt, only to be robbed by a human, who is almost completely removed from the natural world.
Well, I didn't intend to make this comment a whole thing, and it certainly isn't directed at who I'm replying to, more just a peeve when encountering people that don't empathize with predatory animals.
Sorry anon! I was writing this comment as a joke and literally hoping you wouldn't be in this thread! I know your love for your local blue jays!
Lol this is why I generally avoid other people's animal posts ๐
I came to just leave the first line, but after putting in so many hours working with all kinds of unloved and misunderstood animals, it's hard not to take some things personally or not to see some the things people see as funny in the same way. I don't want to spoil people's jokes and fun, so I generally stay away, but I got irked at OP coming to the bird sub to hate on a bird and talk about hitting it with rocks. We just had the game commission drop off another animal abuse case to us right before our fun event, so it's hard to have a day working where you don't see terrible stuff done by people that are worse than anything one animal will do to another.
I could tell your comment was tongue in cheek, but I didn't get the vibe from OP. As I said, I get their disappointment if this bird did hurt their bird friends, it happens to me too, and I don't know how this type of jay behaves. I know our bluejays get an unearned reputation as violent and annoying birds, but it is not true. But even if it is in OP's case, that is nature. There's plenty out there that would hurt that jay and its family, likely some of those same songbirds.
I'm going to stop now since I'm just getting myself worked up, but other than asking what type of bird it was, this feels in poor taste for what I'd consider a pro bird community.