The Stellar's Jay misunderstanding
When I grew up I always had a strong dislike for Stellar's Jays squawking and waking me up. I also saw this perspective from that of my pet cat. To me, it seems like they would taunt it. I naturally took the side of my cat. Stellar's Jays are incredibly smart and out of all the birds my cat killed, they were the least in number.
As an adult and not having had a pet cat since that cat died (one main reason being they are wildlife killers), I grew to really like Stellar's Jays. They make all kinds of interesting sounds and fun to watch. Then about a year ago one of my neighbors got a cat and it hit me! The Jays are making that horrible squawking again! It's the cats!!!! In a world without domestic cats, Stellar's Jays are pretty cool birds that aren't annoying.
I just overheard my neighbor complaining about the birds squawking and waking them up and then made a comment about how that's why they have a cat to kill them. Ironically they don't realize it's their cat causing the problem. This is true across many many many things that humans do. They are blind to their own actions.
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