Hippity-hop
Posted in Life on 06/09/2006 09:44 am by enjanerdI’ve been noticing something recently. It’s a little disturbing to me, but I can only assume it happens every year.
Last night on the way back from parking my car, there was a dead bird on the side of the road. Mostly indistinguishable as a bird, but it was definitely a small, feathery animal that had gotten trampled.
On my walk from Ian’s parking garage to my office, there’s a dead bird on the sidewalk. Not just any dead bird, but a decapitated dead bird (Right, right… as opposed to all the decapitated live birds I see walking around). I saw it for a few days slowly getting eaten by bugs, but have since started crossing the street later to avoid seeing it. I know that doesn’t make the bird not still there decaying, but now I don’t have to avoid stepping on it every morning.
There have been numerous occasions on our commute where we’ve had to slow down or even stop briefly for birds to get out of the road when we drove past. They seem to be less worried lately, hopping across to get out of the way instead of flying. Maybe that’s why I’m seeing more dead birds this year? In any case, look out for dead birds.