Its Wild Out There

I have a big bird feeder right off my patio that I keeped stocked with sunflower and thistle so I have a very healthy songbird environment in my yard. Anyway I happened to be watching today as a chicken hawk aka, Cooper's Hawk swept in and took a goldfinch. Pretty cool as that was natural predation unlike stray/outdoor cats, I havaheart trap them or shoot them. I love cats but I really wish people wouldn't let them roam free, outdoor cats have a life span of only a very few years while an indoor cat can provide many years of the joy of having a cat or cats can bring. I have raised a couple great cats from kittens and my buddy Holecat had to be put down at 18 while Speckles, 4 yrs younger, is on course to outlast him and both have been house cats. Heck the couple times Holecat did shoot the door gap he got roughed up pretty good and stopped trying.

Spring is in full bloom out here in in the Sacramento Valley with all the orchards dressed in their whites and pinks and the wildflowers starting to pop on a beautiful Easter Sunday. Today my prayers go out to all those in the Midwest that have been hammered by flooding and late snowstorms.