It's a classic fear/warning response - crest up, wings partially raised, tail flared, head tilted.
He's telling me that something is there, something scary...
But there's nothing there...
Ooh, Spooky...
They do that, from time to time; respond to something that's not there.
Are they nuts? Is it imagination? Are they delusional? Or is it just that I can't see it...?
Ooh, Spooky, indeed...
It does seem to be the younger, and more cautious birds who do that.
This is good, it's an opportunity for me to learn to see beyond looking.
Something is there. I have to learn to see past my assumption/perception that "It's all leaves", and come to the point where I can see the "leaf" that is out of place.
This is how, however slowly, I learn to see the world through someone else's eyes.
This is the path to becoming a better skilled person. Not necessarily a better person, but a more able person.
Growth and learning, sometimes it can almost seem like fun.
I remember that cat. I had it on a poster that said "You can see what you're looking at, but can you see what I'm looking at?".
That sounds very Zen, I know. 
@ecar3483 wrote:I remember that cat. I had it on a poster that said "You can see what you're looking at, but can you see what I'm looking at?".
That sounds very Zen, I know.
My old aboriginal Aunty was recuperating in my home after a broken hip. I put her mattress on the floor in the upstairs lounge because of proximity to the toilet facilties. She was a very old traditional black woman who lived out in a community.
I used to slip her a whiskey every night to help her sleep. She was watching TV and Humphrey B Bear was on. She asked me "can he see me?" .
That's adorable.
Just as well she wasn't watching Romper Room.
That may have freaked her out a little
