Thursday, September 9, 2010

All Adolescents Are Alike

Bird or human: they're awkward, loud, selfish, argumentative, hairy, clumsy. Witness: the Cardinal adolescents who feed daily with their parents watching from trees nearby. Even a week ago, their daddy fed the kids now and again. Now they are learning to navigate the feeder themselves. Soon they will be booted out of the nest, and I mean booted. I learned years ago that cardinals will stay with their parents as long as possible. In fact, they'd live with their parents forever if they could. Not unlike adolescents.

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