Do you realize that, basically, birds are homeless?
I happened to see a bird perched on a tree-branch outside my window and I thought about his day. They spend their day looking for food. They make their domicile out of anything they find on the street. I haven’t smelled one recently but I’m sure they stink… even though there are numerous places for them to take a bath. Each of these statements also describes a homeless person.
You could also apply this rationale to any animal you see out in nature. Your basic squirrels and rabbits would be included and in certain parts of the country: armadillos.
But getting back to birds… we see them as a nuisance sometimes but they are part of the evolutionary food chain. Did you also realize that they categorize dinosaurs by 2 basic elements – bird hips and canine hips? That’s true, look it up! There are also certain birds that we tend to eat (i.e. – Chickens and ducks). It must have been a brave man who first cooked up a chicken and ate it. I don’t know that I would have ever thought about it – unless I was hungry enough.
Think about this the next time you hear a bird singing outside your window on a hot summer day: all he’s trying to do is attract the opposite sex. After that, he needs to think about food. A quick bath in someone’s backyard and it’s time to think about food again. “The nest is falling apart, better grab some more twigs and pine needles”, he thinks. As soon as the nest is fixed, it’s time to think about food again. “Sun’s going down, better get back to the nest”, where there’s no TV, no magazines, no air conditioner, no newspaper… just some chirping birds who need to eat what was collected for the day and then go to sleep. “There’s going to be another egg to feed, so I’ll need to forage for more food”. “The kids are going to need to learn to fly soon. That’s going to take away from my time to find food”.
Of course, there’s a flip-side: No job to contend with, no traffic, and no boss… the internet? What’s that? No e-mail, no instant messenger or text messaging, no bills to pay, no mortgage, no insurance… freedom to fly to Florida when the weather turns cold. Disney World is just a wing-and-a-prayer away… no need for a ticket. No need for doctors or dentists, no soccer practice or gymnastics for the little ones, no bills of any kind, no need for a stamp, no guns or weapons of any kind, no politics, and no pressure… except to find food.
You get the idea…
I happened to see a bird perched on a tree-branch outside my window and I thought about his day. They spend their day looking for food. They make their domicile out of anything they find on the street. I haven’t smelled one recently but I’m sure they stink… even though there are numerous places for them to take a bath. Each of these statements also describes a homeless person.
You could also apply this rationale to any animal you see out in nature. Your basic squirrels and rabbits would be included and in certain parts of the country: armadillos.
But getting back to birds… we see them as a nuisance sometimes but they are part of the evolutionary food chain. Did you also realize that they categorize dinosaurs by 2 basic elements – bird hips and canine hips? That’s true, look it up! There are also certain birds that we tend to eat (i.e. – Chickens and ducks). It must have been a brave man who first cooked up a chicken and ate it. I don’t know that I would have ever thought about it – unless I was hungry enough.
Think about this the next time you hear a bird singing outside your window on a hot summer day: all he’s trying to do is attract the opposite sex. After that, he needs to think about food. A quick bath in someone’s backyard and it’s time to think about food again. “The nest is falling apart, better grab some more twigs and pine needles”, he thinks. As soon as the nest is fixed, it’s time to think about food again. “Sun’s going down, better get back to the nest”, where there’s no TV, no magazines, no air conditioner, no newspaper… just some chirping birds who need to eat what was collected for the day and then go to sleep. “There’s going to be another egg to feed, so I’ll need to forage for more food”. “The kids are going to need to learn to fly soon. That’s going to take away from my time to find food”.
Of course, there’s a flip-side: No job to contend with, no traffic, and no boss… the internet? What’s that? No e-mail, no instant messenger or text messaging, no bills to pay, no mortgage, no insurance… freedom to fly to Florida when the weather turns cold. Disney World is just a wing-and-a-prayer away… no need for a ticket. No need for doctors or dentists, no soccer practice or gymnastics for the little ones, no bills of any kind, no need for a stamp, no guns or weapons of any kind, no politics, and no pressure… except to find food.
You get the idea…