
Blue Jay
Until only a few years ago, I took barely any notice of birds; I was drawn instead to large charismatic mammals of the whale and elephant variety, traveling far afield to see them in the wild. Now it is birds that I constantly search the landscape for, whether at home or on my travels. One of the attractions of birds is that they are everywhere; one has only to look around to see them.
Melissa, I am guilty as well. I wonder how man became so arrogant to think that other living beings do
not have individual personalities and character traits. Who are we to say they do not have emotions;
though they may be different than ours. Are we so narrow minded that we can not imagine animals having
their own mind set and values?