I heard a most horrifying and disturbing sound this morning. This is predicated on two distinct observations: (1) the mother hen I’ve been seeing around my place (the one that has been waking me up in the morning) had a brood of five chicks. Recently I’ve only been seeing four, and I’ve been wondering what happened to the fifth. (2) A neighborhood cat has been stalking my backyard.

The sound occurred fairly early. Continue reading “Backyard conflict” →