
Double-crested Cormorant
Birds lead lives of extreme hardship. Besides the vagaries of harsh weather, the devastating predation by household cats, birds must contend with decreasing habitat, and ever-increasing radio towers and skyscrapers that millions of birds in transit around the world crash into every year.
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?