Mama Bird Gets a Fright from Thunder | Cute Chickadee Behavior

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  • Опубліковано 26 лип 2023
  • Loud Thunder Scares Inky the Black-capped Chickadee
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  • @LesleytheBirdNerd
    @LesleytheBirdNerd  10 місяців тому +32

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  • @karencooper9185
    @karencooper9185 10 місяців тому +92

    You know she's thinking.."Thank God I'm not hanging on for dear life in a nest on a branch getting soaked ...thanks LTBN for putting up this nesting box")

  • @ArchTeryx00
    @ArchTeryx00 10 місяців тому +25

    As an ethologist, my scientific judgement is that I almost died from how cute that was. I felt sorry for poor little Inky - thunder is scary for just about all animals, but I imagine for a tiny little 13-gram bird a storm would be terrifying, and that nervous nestling deeper into her nest was just precious as could be. I'm glad she's safe in there!

  • @dooglebee
    @dooglebee 10 місяців тому +35

    It's so sweet how she immediately settles over the eggs to protect them. ♥️

  • @Loonlings
    @Loonlings 10 місяців тому +6

    At least she’s in that cozy little house instead of being soaked

  • @joniangelsrreal6262
    @joniangelsrreal6262 10 місяців тому +4

    It’s good to be queen
    In a glorious townhouse …!

  • @cme1027
    @cme1027 10 місяців тому +12

    Look at her beautiful cozy nest. There's nothing like being in your comfy house when its rainy outside ❤

  • @charliefoxx81
    @charliefoxx81 10 місяців тому +3

    I always feel so frightened for my babies I feed when a storm comes in. I'm always checking the weather to make sure I get the seed out with plenty of time to spare before the storm rolls in so they can stock up and don't have to venture out when the sky is growling! Poor little luvs 😞

  • @EyeSeeThruYou
    @EyeSeeThruYou 10 місяців тому +2

    ⛈️ 🌩
    *Mama Chickadee*
    "Mmm...bad weather. But, we scored with this nest cavity! Safe, dry, no wind. I'm good. We're good, my little ones." 🌳🛖🪺🐦💚

  • @evermore4487
    @evermore4487 10 місяців тому +9

    She instinctively hunkers down to protect her 'clutch'... whether there or not!
    What a pleasant thing to see. 😊

  • @djosbun
    @djosbun 10 місяців тому +16

    Look at all of that fuzzy back ‘hair’!! 🐦❤️

  • @meloneyparker
    @meloneyparker 10 місяців тому +10

    I love her fluffy!❤️

  • @bgddogdflgd3013
    @bgddogdflgd3013 10 місяців тому +3

    Chickadees are so cute and adorable, love 😍 them 🌺💞🥰

  • @ernestschultz5065
    @ernestschultz5065 10 місяців тому +1

    That's right, hunker down little guy.

  • @skylark...
    @skylark... 10 місяців тому +1

    All cozy and protected from the storm. It seems the thunder made her a bit uneasy. I'm so glad you have this little house for her to keep her safe!❤

  • @BirdsandGhibliFan
    @BirdsandGhibliFan 10 місяців тому +20

    I can relate to Inky’s startled reaction to the thunder. I sometimes feel like I’m going to jump out of my skin when thunder booms loud enough to shake the house, or a lightning bolt flashes brightly or closely by a window. LOL 😆🫣🫨 Thanks for sharing, Lesley! 🙂🐦

  • @sylphofthewildwoods5518
    @sylphofthewildwoods5518 10 місяців тому +5


    I love Inky.

  • @briankelly6432
    @briankelly6432 10 місяців тому +1

    God bless y'all folks for taking care of God's beautiful creation

    • @marcosolo6491
      @marcosolo6491 День тому

      If I could credit any "beautiful creation" with god, they would be the likes of the ebola virus, the brain eating amoeba, the blood sucking tick...

  • @elmax181
    @elmax181 10 місяців тому +20

    Aww, it looks like she was scared! Thank you for sharing this super cute clip 😊❤🐦

    • @LesleytheBirdNerd
      @LesleytheBirdNerd  10 місяців тому +5

      I've always wondered how birds react to thunder, they are very similar to us it seems :) Thank you for watching😊🐦

    • @elmax181
      @elmax181 10 місяців тому +4

      @@LesleytheBirdNerd Your very welcome Lesley! 😊

  • @tramarherrera6685
    @tramarherrera6685 10 місяців тому +3

    Poor little girl. Thunder bothers some animals more than others. At least she's not getting wet.❤

  • @googlyeyedcat
    @googlyeyedcat 10 місяців тому +1

    I'm with mama bird, when I hear thunder cracks I hunker done in my chair.

  • @mscir
    @mscir 10 місяців тому +1

    Thanks Lesley. I don't think scared so much as paying a little extra attention to make sure there was no threat. Cheers.

  • @IntrepidFraidyCat
    @IntrepidFraidyCat 10 місяців тому +2

    She's all snug and safe! ❤🐦

  • @Truffle85
    @Truffle85 10 місяців тому +2

    Aww, Inky looked so startled.

  • @JA51711
    @JA51711 10 місяців тому +7

    Aww. Inky thankfully is safe 🙏 I hope Philbert is okay

  • @K9River
    @K9River 10 місяців тому +1

    Chickadees are such pleasant song birds. I bet she was thinking sweet peeps to calm herself down.

  • @OspreyFlyer
    @OspreyFlyer 10 місяців тому +2

    Hang in there, Inky! 👍❤

  • @Terri_Stauffer
    @Terri_Stauffer 10 місяців тому +4

    Inky hunkering down wondering if Philbert will be bringing any snacks 😊

  • @richardraymond9108
    @richardraymond9108 10 місяців тому +4

    I've put up a tiny house, the chickadees have used now 3years in a row and just finished their second brood this summer

  • @bluespruce679
    @bluespruce679 10 місяців тому +23

    Time to hunker in the bunker!
    Ha! Inky quickly hunkered down over her little nest of pre-hatched babies! She's such a seriously protective mother....an excellent example to all! Thank you, Lesley! Oh, that humans would cherish their little ones, pre born and born. What a wonderful world this would be! Inky is amazing. Thank you again, Lesley so much! Shalom. 🌩🌧🌦💜🕊💜

  • @thebirdperch_MI
    @thebirdperch_MI 10 місяців тому +3

    I found a video yesterday of some Grackles getting startled by a very large clap of thunder! I just about jumped out of my chair when it happened. Then I went searching through my videos to see if one of the cameras caught it. While I was watching the one, I just about jumped out of my chair again because it was so loud on camera and I didn't know which video would be the one lol! I love how Inky hunkers down and does the cute little Inky Blinks!

    • @LesleytheBirdNerd
      @LesleytheBirdNerd  10 місяців тому +1

      Awesome! I'm glad you have some of that. It's so fun getting glimpse of the ways birds react to behave to things like that. By the way, I love how you called it, "little inky blinks" :)

  • @cme1027
    @cme1027 10 місяців тому +3

    She looked like she was getting cozy like I do when I hear the rain n thunder.. I love it😊

  • @elizabethhoeppner8881
    @elizabethhoeppner8881 10 місяців тому +1

    So cute. Thunder is scary.

  • @tshaffer9681
    @tshaffer9681 10 місяців тому +1

    Little bird is like " Nice, I can just fluff up, hunker down and take a nap."

  • @itsmewende
    @itsmewende 10 місяців тому +1

    I looked like that recently, when a loud rumbling thunder hit over head. Thanks for share all the little charms of Inky.

  • @dinapawlow1622
    @dinapawlow1622 10 місяців тому +1

    She did look frightened poor thing.❤

  • @ssubramanian605
    @ssubramanian605 10 місяців тому +2

    The ruffled feathers are so cute!!

  • @ABirdersParadise
    @ABirdersParadise 10 місяців тому +4

    Aw, that's cute!

  • @1986Unlimited
    @1986Unlimited 10 місяців тому +2

    She's an excellent mother and a very cute little ball of fluff.

  • @coldspring624
    @coldspring624 10 місяців тому +1

    She just snuggles in and lets it ride

  • @keyinadreese7536
    @keyinadreese7536 10 місяців тому +9

    LOVE YOUR VIDEOS 🥰🥰🐦

  • @desertfox3860
    @desertfox3860 10 місяців тому +4

    That's a nice little house you've got for her! She looks very secure! Thanks for sharing!

  • @tracylee4442
    @tracylee4442 10 місяців тому +1

    Chickadees are so adorable

  • @maryberry6067
    @maryberry6067 10 місяців тому +1

    The opportunity to watch this behind the scenes show is the best. Thank you Lesley.

    • @LesleytheBirdNerd
      @LesleytheBirdNerd  10 місяців тому +1

      I'm so happy you enjoy watching :) Thank you, too

  • @TechOutAdam
    @TechOutAdam 10 місяців тому +1

    Cutest birds in the world. ❤

  • @gardentours
    @gardentours 10 місяців тому +4

    Oh, how cute 💕 Good that she's inside the bird 🐦 house 🏡

  • @AmericaMihoko
    @AmericaMihoko 2 місяці тому

    Chika dee is my favorite bird! Thank you for sharing this wonderful video 🥰❣️

  • @clintonshepherd7068
    @clintonshepherd7068 10 місяців тому +1

    An absolute cutie

  • @zenzalei
    @zenzalei 9 місяців тому +1

    I love her and that's final. 💜

  • @Kyle_Schaff
    @Kyle_Schaff 10 місяців тому +3

    The big video that drops after the babies fledge needs to be at least an hour long and filled with these moments please!

    • @LesleytheBirdNerd
      @LesleytheBirdNerd  10 місяців тому +2

      My gosh, I've never done an hour-long video before. I think with everything I've witnessed with Inky and Philbert this nesting experience though, it might be possible, or at least close. I'm in the writing stages of it right now and there's a lot to cover. :) We will probably be doing a couple versions too, one with narration and maybe one without.

  • @trickshots221
    @trickshots221 10 місяців тому +2

    I mean who doesn’t get scared by thunder sometimes especially when you are outside

  • @richardraymond9108
    @richardraymond9108 10 місяців тому +3

    She put in a little green lawn

  • @user-wo5bp2oi5c
    @user-wo5bp2oi5c 10 місяців тому

    Upside down Jack Johnson. If I had to guess that’s Leslie’s favorite song. My wishes of course, in the moment.

  • @Schuyler501
    @Schuyler501 10 місяців тому +2

    What a beautiful, dry nest box! I have BC chickadees here in central VA and so love them. After the early spring nesting, one of the pair became week and hung around the water bowl for a few days then vanished. So sad. Do they mate for life? Will other find another mate? It comes to the feeder...alone.
    I also monitor bluebirds here and this spring a rogue male attacked the male and the resident male was killed as he vanished, never to return. At this point the female had laid four eggs and had begun incubating. The rogue male returned, saw the eggs in the box, and I hoped it would stick around. Nope, he was a good time Charlie and never helped feed the four chicks that hatched. I bought live mealworms and rigged up a private feeder for the female, as I knew she could not support all four. Then, I checked the nest and found an infestation of blowfly in the box. I created a new nest and put the chicks on that, but by the time they fledged, the box was infested again. I even have a riser under the nest and use diatomaceous earth to help kill blowfly larvae, but nada. Any suggestions Lesley?

  • @lulumoon6942
    @lulumoon6942 10 місяців тому +1

    Bless her! 🙏

  • @abbracia
    @abbracia 10 місяців тому +1

    Leslie, you are a treasure. Thank you for all your videos.

  • @flyingfree7
    @flyingfree7 10 місяців тому +1

    Poor baby...she was scared..😢❤

  • @danacoleman4007
    @danacoleman4007 10 місяців тому +2

    😊 very cute!

  • @nancybusso6171
    @nancybusso6171 10 місяців тому +1

    Thanks!

    • @LesleytheBirdNerd
      @LesleytheBirdNerd  10 місяців тому +1

      I'm glad you enjoyed it, Thank you for the kind support :)

  • @ontariorubyreds7965
    @ontariorubyreds7965 10 місяців тому +1

    Such a stormy summer so far eh?! Geeeze

  • @wind28631
    @wind28631 10 місяців тому

    Protective momma!

  • @angelamaciver2208
    @angelamaciver2208 9 місяців тому

    Such a sweet Lil’ Momma❤️

  • @flashlitestriker4028
    @flashlitestriker4028 10 місяців тому

    Good Mama-bird!

  • @maureencrowley6397
    @maureencrowley6397 10 місяців тому

    What a 🥰 cutie little bird❤

  • @globoboboglob3270
    @globoboboglob3270 10 місяців тому +1

    Oh no poor lil bub!!

  • @rjgesq.8967
    @rjgesq.8967 10 місяців тому

    thats exactly what i do when i hear thunder. i look up and hunker down.

  • @methirsty
    @methirsty 10 місяців тому

    Always on mom!

  • @user-gf3lw5pi4t
    @user-gf3lw5pi4t 10 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for your great work❤

  • @believer80
    @believer80 8 місяців тому

    Aaah! ❤❤❤

  • @canadiankabingurl9782
    @canadiankabingurl9782 10 місяців тому +1

    ❤ poor girl

  • @seanmedina8735
    @seanmedina8735 10 місяців тому

    Chickadees trying to not be cute: challenge impossible

  • @west5500
    @west5500 10 місяців тому +2

    Hi Lesley. I just very recently subscribed. Could you please give us a video about the Western Meadowlark? I grew up in northern Wyoming...lots of sagebrush and fence posts. Great habitat for the meadowlark. And I think the song of the Western Meadowlark is just wonderful. I'd love to hear what you would say about this bird. Thank you.

  • @lonnieclemens8028
    @lonnieclemens8028 Місяць тому

    She probably knows it's a potential lightning strike on a tree or a windstorm. A walk through the woods might reveal just how often that lightning strikes our countryside.

  • @Bluegill_Hill
    @Bluegill_Hill 2 місяці тому

    Looks like she was turning eggs when it hit? Great clip!

  • @birds_in_vietnam
    @birds_in_vietnam 10 місяців тому +2

    👍🌹❤️👍

  • @nightwaves3203
    @nightwaves3203 10 місяців тому

    She has her fur and wood electrical insulation installed.

  • @tugger
    @tugger 10 місяців тому

    poor lil guy lol

  • @phonotical
    @phonotical 10 місяців тому

    Same way I'd react!

  • @klauskarbaumer6302
    @klauskarbaumer6302 10 місяців тому

    Well, that's that, and then thee ae the fireworks which are quite a nuisance, too.

  • @deborahschell9176
    @deborahschell9176 10 місяців тому

    Thunder brings lightening. Lightening can strike trees, wires water. I'm sure that lil bird was praying, not my tree , not my tree.
    I wonder if static is electricity can mess with a birds on board (instinct) radar??

  • @mscir
    @mscir 9 місяців тому +1

    Great videos Lesley. I have a question for you. I feed crows uncooked unsalted peanuts. I recently saw a crow calling to another crow in the distance that I couldn't see. The crow in the distance called, "caw caw caw" in a 1-2-3 cadence, what they do when I feed them and they are alerting other birds that there is food. The crow nearest to me was calling caw caw (pause) caw. They did this half a dozen times or more. The crow nearest me always delayed noticeable before the third caw. What I'm wondering is, is this intentional, and is it a way of asking the other crow (who isn't pausing in its 3 caws) if there is food there. Have you ever witnessed this? If you have, did you ever figure out what the delay means, if anything? I'd be surprised if it was meaningless. They're so smart. I've both seen and heard crows doing other bird calls twice, two different birds! I was amazed, I kept looking for a bird other than a crow in both cases, and there wasn't one, then I watched the crows and verified they were doing bird calls! So smart! You have a great channel, I stopped giving birds bread because of you. Cheers.

  • @FioreCiliegia
    @FioreCiliegia 10 місяців тому +1

    I’ve never understood why they don’t adapt to stay in nest boxes in all bad weather situations even outside of nesting season…

  • @exoticbutters3113
    @exoticbutters3113 10 місяців тому

    NOT YOU CALLING HER MAMA BIRD T.T I can't believe she's gonna have babies soooo. There aren't any eggs yet though right? I've been keeping up and watching every Inky video. But her nest looks so good! All that hard work paid off fighting with those woodchips!

  • @tylerwinkle323
    @tylerwinkle323 10 місяців тому +2

    A very human reaction. You hear thunder you get under some cover!

  • @tylerwinkle323
    @tylerwinkle323 9 місяців тому

    Any updates on Inky?

  • @AndrewJones-cx6kl
    @AndrewJones-cx6kl 10 місяців тому

    It breaks my heart when I see tornadoes destroy forests and thousands of trees. These poor little creatures most likely do not survive 😢. Same with the forest fires, it hurts when I think about it. All the animals, humans killed. I just don’t know how a bird can survive winds produced by the tornadoes.

  • @deb3710
    @deb3710 10 місяців тому

    🤍🖤

  • @johnlord8337
    @johnlord8337 10 місяців тому

    Philberttttttt !!!!! Did you eat those peas again - and get the farts ??? !!!