Since it was a beautiful summer morning, I decided to sit on my front porch and read a book. Before settling in, I put about ten peanuts in the feeder that hangs in a large evergreen near the porch. Normally, the blue jays show up and swiftly empty the feeder. However, they must have been sleeping in so a couple of squirrels seized the opportunity. I should mention that there is also a birdhouse hanging in that evergreen that houses two very tiny wrens. Well, during the course of about fifteen minutes, I watched those wrens dive bomb those squirrels, irritating them to no end. Even though the wrens are about twenty times smaller than those pesky squirrels, the drive to protect their home and territory was strong enough to drive off the predators. Then the blue jays finally showed up which caused another ruckus. It made me realize that even though this is a very big world saturated with human beings, in my front yard is a whole other world with just as much meaning. And all because I put out a few peanuts!
Thought for today: For the poor wren (the most diminutive of birds) will fight, her young ones in the nest, against the owl. Wm Shakespeare
