We don't envy them for spontaneous flight.  In the 19th century birds were decimated for their feathers to adorn hats, and of course hunting them.  Untold millions of birds were destroyed.  Some populations of these 'horrid creatures' are down by 40%.  Good riddance too, obviously.  Humans have stripped the planet bare of its bounty, including eliminating millions of species, and leaving almost unimaginable mountains of garbage everywhere. 

There's just so much nature can take of this horrific species rampaging through the earth destroying everything in its path while being impressed with itself for doing so.  Enter climate change, which of course isn't happening because it just can't happen to these marvelous creatures...

--- On Tue, 5/13/08, Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Birdwatching
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 3:50 AM

Distinctly we have dissension. Birds are horrid 
and yet we torment them because we envy their 
knack for spontaneous flight. We are both marvels, 
yet we despise each other. For every daft old lady 
feeding peanuts to pigeons, there's a duck hunter 
lurking behind a blind with her firestick, 
contriving to dislodge a daffy from the blue. I'll 
take both sides, one for me and one for you.
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