Wednesday, June 20, 2012
RUNNING THE ROAD
Suddenly road runners!
We have a family living nearby. A mom and a pop and at least one baby.
They are running all over our quarter of the complex.
I wonder if people are feeding them. Cat food is very good. Of course they will never leave if that is done so as more kids come they will not go out of the territory.
They are quite inquisitive and nearly fearless. Of course there are no predators except, perhaps, Booker. And they know all about him. They come in the yard and he barks at them. They fly, reluctantly, up to the garage roof and look down. They give him the rattle/buzz sound.
Soon I expect to see some Acme explosives come down at him.
I do not think that even a cat will take them on. They would not back down and their bill will do some serious damage. To say nothing of the spurs on their feet.
They are great fun to watch mostly, I think, because they watch us back. We are extremely interesting to them.
A great social contract.
