Nene W. wrote
" I saw a quick movement coming down from the sky ... it was almost at
ground level and suddenly "snap" it had snatched a little house sparrow up
off the ground and was laboring it's way back up and up, with the little
bird making pitiful little sounds. Well, my burger didn't taste quite the
same after that..."

This sounds like 'bleeding heart' predator syndrome! While you were eating
your hot meat meal, you were feeling sorry for someone else's meat. Hey,
all of us predators like a hot meal if we can get one. Anyway, after
observing raptors for a while, the little passerines begin to look like
flying food.


Mary Teesdale
mteesdale at hotmail.com

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