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I kill every housecoat that I see, Stanley. Rats on the other hand depend upon the rat, wouldn't you say?

As for farmers understanding beneficial insects and giving them a pass, how do you explain their wreaking hell on pollinators, among others? Monarchs certainly are in their crosshairs, as are most any bee.

I saw a lonely cock pheasant twice this week in the same field. Ears all perked.

Rarer than hen’s teeth around here.
I hope he finds love before the inevitable.

The ducks are doing well, geese all hatched out already.

I saw a brood of immature woodies yesterday in a beaver pond about a mile from my house. As I passed by on a loud tractor it startled them and they were scurrying across the pond to what they considered safety. Looked to be about the size of mature doves. Springtime is fun to see.

I’m as guilty as the next guy of boyhood shooting of flying things that were just as well left alone. Had some of the same feelings yesterday as I watched through the front door as a horrendous hail storm beat the leaves from my wife’s rose bushes and our shrubs. At the height of the din, a barn swallow that had taken refuge under our covered front porch, panicked and flew out. He made it about 7’ and was hammered down by the pea - marble sized hail. Fluttering on the ground the hail beat him to death. Real life, certainly. But just as certainly, not pleasant.

A sad admission but...humans are a bit bloodthirsty. It's worse when you're younger (especially young men) because you just don't understand much. As you mature, you're sense of your own mortality begins to work on you a bit. By the time you're an old (or older) soul, killing senselessly just seems so wrong (you're much more sympathetic now!). But...that is a personal choice, and it's between you and your maker.

I couldn’t agree more …..and torturing Ed Good is habitual good sport for the most blood thirsty of those here.

I don’t know how I should feel about this.

Self-defense.

Try to hit him sooner, next time.

Mosquitos are fair game, any old time. About the only reason I like winter these days.

Best,
Ted

Let me help you figure it out. We can use simple logic.

You kill mosquitoes .......... dragonflies kill and eat mosquitoes (in larvae stage and in maturity) ......... yet, you kill dragonflies for sport. Pretty basic hypocrisy, actually.