I know it’s hard to come to terms with the brutality we observe in other animals but we’re blind to our own. Coincidently, cats consume millions of bird hatchlings and eggs every year. It’s nature. We eat cows, pigs, sheep, fish etc and kill each other in war. It’s all brutal. It’s life. People forget to listen to the messages birds give us. I love hearing them “text” each other. We have a lot of hawks in my area and the crows “texting” about it is fascinating. Or silence... why is it so quiet, you have to ask.

I watch an eagle nest cam that is in Ft Myers, Fl. Harriet and M16 currently with eggs to hatch early January. They’ve been attacked 3 nights in a row by Great Horned Owl(s) and the message isn’t lost on me. I see a lot of symbolism in it. I know they’re just a couple of eagles but eagles signify freedom in this great country.