Nature!

I was driving back from my sports club after some weights and swimming when I noticed a bird with flapping wings on the ground some distance ahead of me. It was a country road, in a rural and scenic setting. I am a country dweller and enthuse over nature and I can be fascinated by all that nature offers. It is generally something of beauty that nature creates, then man can abuse it or destroy it, but sometimes nature is harsh and cruel. We all live in an ecosystem that has a supply chain-an ecocycle. And here it was: a Crow was attacking a moving and live young rabbit. Recollections of Hitchcocks "The Birds" came to mind. The history of crows eating dead body parts of those that were punished for their crimes by hanging, and left to be a message to other criminals, struck a chord. Because I have entered the territory of birds and their prey, the crow left the scene. I was aware that the rabbit, that was still very much alive, was now a target for motor cars, as it froze with fright in the road. I therefore stopped and turned my car to protect the rabbit as I picked it up and placed it into the field, where hopefully its mother would find it. I left the scene and looked in my rear view mirror only to see the crow picking up the rabbit and flying off with it!

Oh well there are plenty of rabbits about, especially on that road!