The Blob

Monday, December 30, 2002

A lesson in the laws of nature

The other morning, my wife was watching the world outside our kitchen window with Java, our Ocicat. As Java sat on our kitchen cutting table, my wife stood by her, both of them looking out at the birds feeding on our back patio.

"Look at that cute little house finch," my wife said as Java looked on with her at the innocent little bird. With that, out of the blue, a young sharp shinned hawk swooped down right in front of them, grabbed the house finch in its talons, and not even slowing down, flew off with its catch. The house finch was gone forever. The poor little bird never knew what hit him. Cruel, but merciful.

Needless to say, both my wife and kitten were horrified. But we also accept that this is nature at work, and that the beautiful hawk has to survive, just like the sparrow. Nature is not always pretty, and we criticize ourselves for living in a rotoscope cartoon world. Living as close as we do to nature is an education in itself.

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