Comments on: Wildlife vs. Mildlife http://ecozome.com/the-green-green-ownerbuilder-wildlife-vs-mildlife/ EcoZome is an op-ed journal featuring writers on social responsibility, sustainability, and a new economy. Art-Word-Life-Work. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:33:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mo http://ecozome.com/the-green-green-ownerbuilder-wildlife-vs-mildlife/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Mo Mon, 04 May 2009 15:34:34 +0000 http://ecozome.com/?p=141#comment-6 We've had a number of wildlife CSI cases at our place. Last summer over the course of two months a cougar killed two Mule Deer does and one fawn. Probably one Whitetail buck too - but I never found his remains, I just noticed that the group of bucks that frequent our property was missing a member and made the assumption. Discovering a recent kill, seeing it being consumed, first by the cougar, then birds, coyotes, bears and insects, over the course of weeks, giving life to those creatures and continuing the cycle was facinating. Violence and beauty - seemingly contradictory, but in harmony... As I write this I see Robins mobbing a crow that has taken a baby Robin from its nest. Wild Kingdom in my backyard... I've probably seen too many Disney movies to be happy for the crow... We’ve had a number of wildlife CSI cases at our place. Last summer over the course of two months a cougar killed two Mule Deer does and one fawn. Probably one Whitetail buck too – but I never found his remains, I just noticed that the group of bucks that frequent our property was missing a member and made the assumption. Discovering a recent kill, seeing it being consumed, first by the cougar, then birds, coyotes, bears and insects, over the course of weeks, giving life to those creatures and continuing the cycle was facinating. Violence and beauty – seemingly contradictory, but in harmony…

As I write this I see Robins mobbing a crow that has taken a baby Robin from its nest. Wild Kingdom in my backyard… I’ve probably seen too many Disney movies to be happy for the crow…

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