Roland is
allergic to birds
but he insists on
filling the bird feeder
with seed so
he can watch the
birds fly around as
he looks out the
window in his
office.
There aren't magpies in
Oregon. I thought they
were pretty birds but
learned to hate them when
they wouldn't leave our already
pathetic crops alone. In
Oregon the most hated bird seems
to be the blue jay. I think
blue jays are really pretty birds - but
blue jays are bullies.
Funny, I remember watching
"Peep" with Jenna and there was
one story in which Peep, Quack and
Chirp encounter a blue jay who
thinks she is special and is
unkind to other birds. I didn't
know that I was watching an
accurate description of the real
life bird.
So Roland has watched blue jays
bully other birds and he has
purchased big seed and
little seed and
has decided to feed the little birds and
let the blue jays fend for themselves.
I have opened the front door a
few times after Jenna goes to
school and have seen a
black cat scurries off as
I step out on
the deck.
He runs away looking like a
rather guilty culprit afraid of
getting caught. I'm not
interested in catching him. If
he should be interested in
the birds (which I think is
the reason for hanging around our
yard) and catches them, I hope
he removes their corpses. I
really don't want a bunch of
dead birds in
our yard.
