Darwin Comes to Chevy Chase

I received word from K that Harvey's chicks were found dead this AM. Sad. As a side note, it turns out that Harvey is a Turtledove (according to Steve, Kristi's brother-in-law). He also found the dead bodies yesterday AM. It looks like they were attacked. Dried blood still outlines the one of the chicks body on the porch. K thinks she saw a cat in the backyard about the moment she realized that neither the chicks or Harvey were home. From the right side Anna dominated emotionally driven portion of my brain I am saddened. From the left, this sequence of most unfortunate events is Darwinism being played out before our naive eyes. A bird that nests in the on a chair on an easily accessible porch vice a tree runs the inherent risk of losing its offspring to predators. Viola.