Revelations of a Birdfeeder Assumptions Corrected opus 15
| 15 April 2021 1200 Hours | | Ornithology, Philosophy |
For forty years, my small farm has been a wildlife refuge.
Among the passerines which flock to my habitat restoration,
Are the striking (for a sparrow!) White Crowned
And its companion, the duskier Golden Crowned.
For years I observed the two species foraging together.
It appeared that the White Crowned greatly outnumbered the other
And I assumed the Golden was the subservient one,
Then, I added a small feeder to my window
And, oh, what was revealed when competition
For seed in a small space was created.
My assumption that the White Crowned was dominant
Was shattered by observing the actual dominance
Of the Golden, constantly defending its feeding position!
I extrapolated this revelation to other life observations.
How wrong we all at times might have been in life
With assumptions which have led us to totally incorrect conclusions.