Warblers, Blue Jay nests & My First Great Horned Owl | Bird Nerd Diaries 

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Spectacular vid, as usual! The music is so bright and optimistic. Please know that you give us so much joy and comfort. Thank you!

Their lives are so pure. It's a treasure to observe.

When my oldest son was 12, he called a great horned owl out of our woods. I was sooooo astonished, I didn't get a photo - one of the great regrets of my life. But, the memory will never leave me. It was dusk. And we could hear him Hoo-Hooing. He came gliding out of the trees on completely silent wings. He landed on a branch about 30 feet from us!!! He then spent a full two minutes checking us out as we gawked at him in awe. Then, he gracefully lifted off the branch and swooped down over our heads to get a closer look! Incredible!

Wow!! What an amazing sighting of a Great Horned! And that Yellow-rumped Warbler's plumage was gorgeous, very vibrant. Well done!

Your lovely birdies videos bring such warmth and bliss during these uncertain times. ♥️ Thank you so much Lesley!

Great peaceful feelings come to me with your videos, thanks!

Spectacular photography, Lesley!!! I have many swamp owls by me so I hear crows going crazy a lot. Now I understand why!! LOL. I’d love to be you for a day. It must be awesome to do this. Your videos are always a must watch!! 👍❤️

when i was a kid my dad listened to bird calls and whale songs on records. these sounds are so relaxing to me still! 💖

What wonderful captures of the babies in the nest.💕

Great Horned Owls are great, but Below Average Horned Owls are more relatable.

Angel the chickadee is absolutely precious. Almost made me tear up with love! Give her some seeds for me friend ❤

Your videos make me happy.

Wow! What an awesome video today! I'm so excited for you being able to see the Great Horned Owl. I know how it feels to experience such a rare treat! This video was jam-packed with so much action. And don't worry that you're shaking too much & ruining a video. You're doing excellent! Way better than I could do. Thank you for this fabulous video. Blessings always. ♥

Your narration and video keep getting better and better, bravo!

Great vedio once again I really look forward to them

those bluejays, and their mates...its like watching a real family love each other and feed their babies. Its real life.

Owls are awesome😀

Oh, I can’t wait to see the Owl.

That you do this for those little ones is precious!!! And that you video it and share it with us is a great gift . I wish I had your skill with birds!!! They are my favorite creatures in Creation. Thank you Leslie!!!

I think he picked up that sound you never heard before from you. It sounds like your voice, jay-reinterpreted. Our parrots do a version of my husband’s and my voice that are like that.

I saw 3 babies. I have been watching your channel for the last nine months I just want to say thank you for making me smile after each and every one

Great way to start my day., especially with all this COVID-19 scariness outside. What a treasure to have a Gray Jay on your hand! And to see the owl, so beautiful. I love Yellow-Rumped Warblers too, great shot of him.

I SO enjoy your videos. Thank you for posting them.

Your video's are awesome keep up the great work

That was a great video 😍💖. I really loved all the different sounds the Blue Jays made. Then being able to see the Great Horned Owl was great. I can't believe how big they are. Thank you for sharing your 🐦 with us ♥️.

That owl was breathtaking!!! You did such a beautiful job of capturing it! I even got goosebumps!

Love your videos. Watch them over and over

It's always worthwhile to check out what has the crows all upset!

I love watching the jays feeding their babies too. They’re eternally hungry & I can relate LOL

Squeeee. I'm so excited to see your experience. Wow. Thank you Leslie.

You are a bird whisperer. Love your videos!

THANK YOU AGAIN LESLEY, JUST BEAUTIFUL. THERE QUITE A BIT OF DEFORESTATION THERE ISNT THERE. AMAZED AT AMOUNT OF CARDINALS ON THE GROUND, LOVED THE OWL. 💜CAMILLE OZ

Always enjoy watching your bird videos

I love watching the jays feed the babies. The great horned owl - WOW that was fabulous. Great video. I love watching them!

You’re quite the filmmaker Leslie! 👍🏻

Wow! This is truly amazing and beautiful. What a kind soul you are.

great owl footage! im always on the lookout for owls when im out but i havent been lucky enough yet! love watching your videos :)

Leslie, thank you for taking the time to share these wonderful videos that you have done. They are wonderful.

I love the blue jays that I feed all year round. They really love the peanuts I feed them in the summer and fall. In winter and spring they are fed a mix of seeds. When I walk out my back door they gather in the trees directly above the house. There is one jay who has very few feathers around his neck making it look a bit scrawny. I've named him Henry. Thank you so much for such a wonderful video.

I love all the corvids especially but those Eastern Jays with turquoise blue and navy are spectacular-live in CA now we have bratty crest less hooligans with their own charms🌝

Real cool Lesley! I saw and photographed my first Great Horned Owl not too long ago as well, at one of our Toronto parklands :) Sure made my day.

Black-throated Green Warbler singing at 10:06. A sure sign of summer approaching. Amazing video!

I could make out 4 babies! I loved how the great horned owl was sitting calmly as the crows and jays were making calls to alarm others. They look so magnificent! Thanks for the video!

Another awesome video! 😁

Wonderful video.

I love that you’ve given them names!

Awesome photography of the owl. It is always such a jubilant feeling when you spot a species of bird you haven't seen before. As always, a wonderful video. I like to put your videos up in our waiting room at the vet clinic where I work. Clients always seem to enjoy them.

Hi Lesley, Nova is a brave mumma!! Loved seeing the sweet video of Blue and Sweet Girl feeding their babies. The first thing that came to me when I heard the cry at 8:45 was how much it sounded like a kitty of mine from years ago. She had a high-pitched "double-meow". Those shots of the GH owl are beautiful. I chuckled at Hatch - probably telling you all about it "You should've seen how BIG this guy was! And Nova tried to scare him off too! It was craaaazy!" 💕😚💕 Alli

I could watch and listen all morning

I imagine none of the birds liked seeing the great horned owl. Nice shot of it, and nice seeing the hardwoods starting to push their buds

Nothing compares to the gaze of a great horned owl! My first encounter wasn't at all like yours.. I was in Colorado Springs when one landed on the stop sign i was at. I stayed and watched him for awhile. Turns out he was stalking a cat, which the owners found in time to save him from becoming bird food. I was in awe, telling everyone I saw about it for days..

Thanks for all the bird calls , very interesting !!!! I've been watching birds forever !!!! I just love the names of each bird !!!!

I just found your channel. I'll be a subscriber for the rest of my days. Thank you for making a high quality channel.

Strange... we had a robin who mostly got along with everyone including all the jays back when I was allowed to have a feeder. All dozen plus species got along fine, even with the chipmunks and squirrels. There were a few harsh words exchanged but that rarely happened.

Literally stumbled upon this channel on RU-vid whilst watching my bird feeder in southern New England... and half the birds you talked about where in this video! 😝🤘

Another fun and interesting video. Owls are just incredible to me. So many different types and abilities. Thanks again, you are a natural Lesley!

Tripod or not, wife & I are in awe of the quality of your presentations. On predation: Yes, it can be tough to favor one animal over another when everything is eating something else. We have a fellow birder in town (Cathartidology on YT) who favors Turkey Vultures and is learning about them quite rapidly. Thank you for all you share here. Oh, You want us to send you one of the kittens in our videos?

You have something special here! Have you ever considered pitching to PBS or the Animal Planet to have a bird show on television?

great video of the calling new guy. this was a wonderful and fulsome visit with you and you neighbors. thanks Les.

I love all ur videos.... the blue jays at my house are now molting new feathers they are bald and beautiful....anyways thanks again!

Omg the owl! He cant sneak up on anybody🤣🤣🤣

I walk in the small patch of woods near where I live and I think of you.

Just discovered your videos. Wow, the music (nice and subtle with periods of quite), the photography and the narration. What a wonderful experience - motivates me to take time to sit on my back deck and watch the birds.

Love my blue jays. Thanks for the good vid.

Lesley, this is the best quality production! This is one of my very favorites so far! Thank you!I love your lovely, calm voice and all the information that you share. Even the graphics and the music that you choose are outstanding! The way that you identify the birds to us by their nicknames adds so much to the video. The horned owl was such a special treat! Angel and Mini Tim are favorites of mine. The gray jays remind me in form and personality of our Florida Scrub Jays. To me, your videos are more enjoyable than most nature specials because yours are so personal and include just as much interesting information, plus amazing camera work. I’m sorry if I just go on and on, but I really can’t thank you enough for the quality of your work and the fact that you devote so much time and effort to it. I wish I could impart to you how much it enriches my life to join you in your beautiful woodland walks with your amazing birds. Thank you so very much for every video you have produced! ❤️😘

There used to be a Great Horned Owl couple who lived at my apartment place a couple years ago. They moved from the woods nearby only for a season, and then moved back. I think the neighbors, the crows, made them leave.

Lovely video Lesley! Thanks for sharing all the birds with us.👌👍😎JP

My wife and I have enjoyed your videos for sometime, recently subscribed to your channel. My family lived in Bucens back in the early 1960's. Thank you!

I never tire of witnessing what wonderful parents these birds are

You live a very charmed life. Im glad you are sharing it with the world.

Thank you for these videos. I have a passionate love for and interest in birds. I learn so much from you.

Lesley, you are amazing - what a gift you have, not to mention patience!! I have to believe that anyone who dislikes your videos must be trolls. What's not to like???

At first, when the Warbler went to the ground, I thought the red leaves were Cardinals! lol Beautiful video of the new Jay! Oh how sweet that Angel took the seed from your fingers after you were so kind to have it for her. OH WOW! It took me a second to see that gorgeous Owl! What a thrill that must have been for you (not so much for the Crows)! Crows sure can make a racket when they are upset and the whole family joins in! Oh my! It sounded like Squawkie was a Parrot for a second and talking "human!" I think it was, "Hey pretty girl." lol That shelled half-peanut was almost as big as Hatch's head. Oh I hope you get a tripod so that maybe we will get to see (literally) more of you interacting with "your" birds.The Grey Jay and "leach" - hey, meat's meat. It is so nice that Blue and others trust you so much around their nests and don't "dive" you like the one mama did to the G.H.Owl! What a privilege. When you said you truly enjoy watching your bird, I was thinking how I truly enjoy watching your videos!! Such beautiful dinner tables such as the one at 13:14. Oh how I would love to have a Crow buddy! I think a friendship/relationship with wild animals is such a wonderful privilege. Since I rarely get out, especially during the high temps of summer, I now longer have any wild friends. Your videos bring me so much comfort. I kind of pretend to be with you along your walks. Thank you so much for sharing and for putting up with me looooong comments. I look forward to June!

Pretty exciting! Your owl-less days are over : )

Fascinating! All bird species are so awesome!! Your time w them .just be exhilarating!

You truly understand birds! Life peace beauty

The Jays feeding their baby’s made me tear up a few times! Just Beautiful! I absolutely love birds!

Great video! So awesome and adorable how you’re blue jay friends you’ve known for so long like blue and sweet girl have babies that you can see in the nest with the parents and stuff. The new jay was cute too!! As was the warbler and the gray jay and.. well, I give up, there’s too many to list- they’re all adorable though! 🥰😍😊

Great video and great storytelling. I love how the Jays are similar in appearance to the Jays we get here in the UK and have very similar markings on their wing coverts but they are still very different.

Gosh what an excellent video. It’s lile you live in the garden of eden. I could watch this all day. Thank you.

Wonderful reading of their body language and calls and behaviors- thank you for your advocacy

Thanks Lesley!! I love watching the Blue Jays and the other birds as well. Are Sweet Girl and Blue the couple that has had the most babies and/or been around the longest? Hope the Great Horned Owl decides to visit another area soon. It's very beautiful, but I don't like it hanging around that territory. - Stephanie

Beautiful pictures and informative

I could watch my jays all day, and yours, too! When they come to the porch for seeds, I always say "hello, blue" so now they know when I say that, they come for the seeds. They also call if I am not out there on time! They want me to know they are waiting - it is the few times during the day that I hear the squeaky pump handle call - the ones both male and females make. The cardinals di it, to - with their own calls!

Very beautiful footage friend 👌 enjoyed watching this video. Many thanks for sharing 👌👍❤🥰

Really wonderful video of beautiful creatures. Thanks very much!!

Such a beautiful channel. Gorgeous scenery and plenty of birds. It's amazing how they respond to you. Stunning colors on these birds. Is this a specific blue jay??? Wow kool the black bird. I never knew about grey Jay's. Awesome looking. Great parents. Love the footage ty leslie.

Birdnerd you make my day w every video!😊🤗

Hola Lesley😃I also have noticed a new visitor to our back yard trees an amazing 🦉 owl I have not spotted yet because only comes at night time almost around 2:35am every night I heard when is hooting it makes me feel like we are living in the woods 😃My wife started feeding the birds with sunflower seeds and I guess the one that birds drop attacked 🐭 mice and the mice atrackted the 🦉 owl😃

May is my favorite month for birds. It's like seeing old friends come back. So much activity, love, babies, and hope. That poor owl! I kinda felt bad for him, being harassed like that, but I also don't blame the other birds for not wanting him there. I watched a gardner snake going across my lawn one day and all the birds were calling out and jumping around it, warning other birds in the area. I think it was mainly chickadees and goldfinches Kinda felt bad for him, being so unwanted! Beautiful work, as always Lesley! Oh, and at 8:45, I thought he almost sounded like a "meow" sound! Strange indeed!

Wish I knew how you get them to eat out of your hand, I feed birds,an squirrels on my patio. Would love to know. Your Bluejays have a different blue than Florida, an never heard of a greyjay, how cool,and we don't have the warblers here. Great footage , I subscribed!💕💕💕

Calming feeling to see the fog, and adorable birds. 🐦

Class AAA as always 🤓🤓🤓 Most enjoyable

So enjoyable and fascinating! Thank you! 🐦🦉

Beautiful birds - thanks for posting.

I live in the Rocky Mountains. I used to let my orange tabby, Pete, out on my back deck alone. Until one day when he was out there I heard the Magpies raising a real ruckus. I went right out, and there was a huge Great horned Owl sitting about 30 ft away on a pine branch staring at my cat. That was the last time Pete went out without me escorting him... Another reason for me to love Magpies.

Such excellent videography! -- We get yellow-rumped and black-and-white warblers coming through down here in Georgia. Love them! -- Glad you got to see the owl!

This popped up in my recommendations, which is strange since I watch mostly car and wood working videos. This is so beautiful to see, the way you're able to interact with these birds is something special. It really put me in a good place to know someone like you exists. Your production, narrating and video quality is top notch also. I sub'd and look forward to watching more. Oh, and on a side note, how could anyone dislike this? They must have a cold heart. I feel sorry for them.

This is wonderful!! Thank you!!!!!