Peculiar Musings

Hi Gang! I'm hoboclown.It's a cool,crisp, sunny morning in Flash Mc Cool's spot in the woods and Flash has a few thoughts for you...Right in front of me is an old abandoned, two-story train station ticket house.Sparrows are everywhere,noisely entering and exiting the oldhouse. As soon as one or two fly off,two or more return with seeds,seedlings,insects,sprouts and an occasional worm or two.Somewhere nearby there must be a fly through fast food bird breakfast restaurant.Apparently,the old station house has several nests and the great feed is for the nestlings who have not yet ventured out for their first flight.As far as I know there were no zoning permits posted for the new nest hotel.The sparrows have made their own renovations to suit and there is no evidence of blueprints for nest construction.So far no authorities have dared to evict them.They have squatter's rights and live off the nearby bounty of the wooded areas.Ahaaaaah,it occurred to me that this is all about respect for nature,natural law and the rights of our feathered friends.Is there a supreme court of natural law ?Do birds know anything about condominiums?Probably not and I suspect they'd rather invest their money in lofts.You see, most of the sparrows seem to find a nice perch several feet off the ground although some like to groundwalk.Funny,I never met a bird who was afraid of heights! I can never find their air control tower nor records of flight plans, much less any manifests of their cargo.How do they fly without a license ? Their flight insurance must be really, really low because I've never seen them in a collision.So far, as long as we clowns leave them alone,the birds seem to be doing alright !~Copyright 2006