FAMILY DYNAMICS

 

FAMILY DYNAMICS - I happened to catch two Blue Jays - a juvenile and what I suspect was its mother - seemingly having a tense moment.  I have no doubt but what the juvenile was communicating to the adult was, "I'm hungry!  When are you going to feed me?"  The adult had its back to the juvenile as though perturbed with the situation.  I smiled as the scene reinforced upon me the truth that bird and animal families can share some of the same emotions and conflicts that we humans do.  Such also makes us wonder if we aren't much closer to other aspects of Nature than we might have previously imagined.