Bird signs

For a reasonable time of my life (7 Years) I lived in a unique place called Cedar City UT.
Notable for many reasons, 2 of which I am about to dive into. The first being that is a pleasant mixture of culture and arts and has a relatively good mix of personalities (despite the local opinion) The second being not as pleasant, but certainly worth mention, is the fact that it is always windy there. The common joke amongst the natives is that the town on one end sucks, and the town on the other side of the city blows. the real reason being that the city is in a valley between two mountain ranges that form a natural wind tunnel with the Cedar City being right in the center. The lasting result is constant wind ranging from a heavy breeze to gusts that steal your belongings from your house and throw them into your neighbors yard. Sometimes you step outside afraid that the wind will carry you away. Any way, it was on one of those really windy days that i witnessed one of the most interesting things in my life thus far at least, i guess 23 years isn't really that long.
I was sitting on the balcony of my apartment smoking a cigarette. It is amazing the weather one will endure to smoke a cigarette. If we could apply that resolve to other facets of life, just imagine the things that could get done. Anyway, as i was nearing the final drag i noticed a bird take off from a nearby tree and attempt to fly straight in to the wind. The resulting effect was a bird in suspended animation, apart from the furiously beating wings. It hung there like an awkward statement that you make at a respectable dinner party. After about a full minute or so of this i noticed another bird coming in the opposite direction. gliding on the current with the wind direction, gracefully swooping and gliding casually.
I then noticed with a great deal of comic relief for my view of the struggling bird, that the larger bird veered it's course and whizzed right by the stagnant one, doing buzz by that would make the USAF blush, as if to say "This is much easier, Idiot!"
The other bird continued to struggle but fell back a few feet as if to say "This usually works, i have done it hundreds of times, any second no I'll move forward... Maybe?" After a few more seconds though, the bird gave up and changed direction and abruptly shot back into his original tree to rethink his life. The whole ordeal was quite fascinating and made me think about human behavior.