Odd Side-Note: This post was actually written (but evidently not published) in April 2010, but when I went to post it it changed to yesterday's date. Not sure why this is as typically when I've done this, it posts on the date the post was originally written. Just an FYI if blogger has changed something and there start appearing oddly timed posts... [Solution Solved!]
Yesterday as i was walking from my parking spot to campus, i watched two male cardinals having a mid-air fight. They were frolicking, swooping, diving - seemed to be having an all-round good spring time together (or at least as much fun as I assume any wild animals have on a given day in an urban environment).
Then, as I watched, the one cardinal (who I've come to think of as 'evil cardinal') chased the other (innocent cardinal) toward the road and he was summarily hit by the windshield of a Toyota Camry. The erstwhile bird came to rest not 10 feet in front of me. A few of you may recall that this is not even my first run in with a bird dying at my feet. Needless to say i was taken aback and the rest of the day had a heavy quality to it, but nothing else really took place, but I am on notice. One bird tragedy is nothing to get worked up about and a second may just be a coincidence, but were i to find myself present at a third bird massacre I would feel compelled to take action.
Yesterday as i was walking from my parking spot to campus, i watched two male cardinals having a mid-air fight. They were frolicking, swooping, diving - seemed to be having an all-round good spring time together (or at least as much fun as I assume any wild animals have on a given day in an urban environment).
Then, as I watched, the one cardinal (who I've come to think of as 'evil cardinal') chased the other (innocent cardinal) toward the road and he was summarily hit by the windshield of a Toyota Camry. The erstwhile bird came to rest not 10 feet in front of me. A few of you may recall that this is not even my first run in with a bird dying at my feet. Needless to say i was taken aback and the rest of the day had a heavy quality to it, but nothing else really took place, but I am on notice. One bird tragedy is nothing to get worked up about and a second may just be a coincidence, but were i to find myself present at a third bird massacre I would feel compelled to take action.
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