Bear with me as I tell you about this because it means so much to me.
For two days I have been listening early in the morning to a bird that tries to sound like a cardinal but couldn't get the song quite right but kept trying--again and again. Well, wake up Kay. I finalize realized this is a young cardinal learning how to sing its song, And I think it has now learned. Some cardinal is singing its heart out around here saying -- I can sing, I can sing, I can sing.
To me there are very few things that are more important than having a new cardinal.
kay
Imagine life with no hypothetical situations.
How cool is that cardinal, Kay? Eventhough I live in the city there is enough"habitat" for lots of small animals as well as possums, racoons and the occasional fox. That/those fox/foxes will walk right down the center of the street late at night when traffic is almost nonexistant. Several years ago, at 2 or 3ish in the morning I was awakened by what I at first thought were a couple of cats getting into something outside my bedroom window. The window was partially open, and I left the light off and quietly opened the blinds to look out. Turned out there were 3 young racoons (had they been human I would have said they were 8-10 years old) zooming up and down and around the 3 pine trees not 10 feet from my window. I watched for a while and it was clear that they were just kids out playing while their parents weren't looking. And squealing in delight as they did. Over the next week or so they came back 2 more times. I didn't like that they woke me up, but they were interesting to watch, and they were having so much fun learning how to be racoons that I couldn't do anything but smile. Then they were gone. Off to do more grown-up racoon things, I guess. I've never seen this kind of behavior before or since. Too bad. I'm not an Animal Planet kind of person, but I've seen enough animals to recognize that children of all species need to go through the same rituals from birth to adulthood. Ain't nature wonderful?
"…you just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake."
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