A ring of blue jays is sounding an alarm somewhere close by. Who knows what it is this time.
So I stop typing, get up to look out the window, just in case they’re in view. What I see instead is a grandstand of smaller birds – sparrows, juncos, chickadees – all sitting contentedly on branches and facing the action.
Here we have it: the idle curiosity of us all.
Jnana's Red Barn 