tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37084648.post5865999018562979202..comments2024-01-14T06:06:09.220-06:00Comments on Boricua in Texas: Bird of preyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37084648.post-29549921671970995052009-03-02T09:21:00.000-06:002009-03-02T09:21:00.000-06:00Wow a HAWK right in your front yard? Thats amazing...Wow a HAWK right in your front yard? Thats amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37084648.post-30554348723130744812009-02-27T22:36:00.000-06:002009-02-27T22:36:00.000-06:00I'd say I can remember when things like that used ...I'd say I can remember when things like that used to upset me, but the truth is they still do. I will still bury whatever I find left over from a predator's feast because some part of me says, "This bird has now been loved, even if he never knew it." Not that a bird would even want a burial... probably would think humans are strange for burying our dead even if you could explain it to him. But it's all I know to do.<BR/><BR/>At the same time, things like that are how I learned to appreciate that living things die so I can live. I eat meat... animals die for that. Even if I were a vegetarian, plants would die for me to eat. I don't think about it every time I eat, but it's an awareness I have in the back of my mind. It doesn't make me feel guilty. It makes me appreciate the food more, and I think it gives me a nudge to DO something in life when I do stop and think about it. If other living things die so that I can live, I dishonor them if I don't make the most of my life.<BR/><BR/>And I just can't imagine having to live in any other kind of environment. My husband has told me how the city he grew up in is paved over and all the "wildlife" they ever saw were pigeons and a few squirrels. I can see ten different species of bird on a busy day at my bird feeder, plus possums, raccoons, deer, lizards... and all while still living with the comforts of "city life". It's a wonderful balance.Arcadia Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00163489155225065779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37084648.post-75179892935563249512009-02-27T17:22:00.000-06:002009-02-27T17:22:00.000-06:00I always had a really hard time with our cats prey...I always had a really hard time with our cats preying on the precious little rabbits at our farm too, and leaving us grizzly reminders. But yes, this is the way life works, and the animals are doing what they instictively must do - kill to survive. (It's still gross though! :-)josie2shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15452791371126155173noreply@blogger.com