Monday, April 30, 2012

Nature Red in Tooth and Claw...and Beak



Oh my.  As I was watching two cute, tiny little chipmunks on my deck, it dawned on me--that's what my raving ravens were eating on top of my neighbor's barbecue.  Not a mouse or a rat, but an adorable chipmunk.  Oh my.  But then I had to remind myself that while chipmunks are the prey of many mammals and birds, they are also predators themselves, often raiding a nest of bird's eggs or nestlings. Oh my. 

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