I wrote a post a couple of weeks ago about an elderly lady feeding a bagful of bread crumbs for pigeons on our street. We were very reluctant to do so, but we finally brought up the courage to ask her caregiver who was waiting alongside to not feed the pigeons on our street because it attracted and drew more birds to roost on our roofs and possibly drop bird mites into our homes.
They were very understanding and stopped feeding them the next day which caused the pigeons to follow us in droves when we went past the following morning. It was rather disconcerting.
We then noticed that we no longer saw the two women on our walks the following week and felt very bad. Did they feel they were no longer welcome? Did we devastate her so much that she no longer wanted to go out and exercise? Did we embarrass her so much that she was now homebound and not wanting to go out at all? Did we take away all her joy?
Was it only me that wondered about this? But no, Art mentioned that he was wondering the same thing.
Sigh...
Well, guess what? We saw them this morning when we went for our walk. They must have gotten up before us and were walking far ahead of us. We caught up to them and wished them a good morning and thanked them for their understanding. There were lots of smiles and good feelings.
As we climbed further up the hill away from them, Art chuckled and asked, "Did you see her bag of crumbs?"
They were very understanding and stopped feeding them the next day which caused the pigeons to follow us in droves when we went past the following morning. It was rather disconcerting.
We then noticed that we no longer saw the two women on our walks the following week and felt very bad. Did they feel they were no longer welcome? Did we devastate her so much that she no longer wanted to go out and exercise? Did we embarrass her so much that she was now homebound and not wanting to go out at all? Did we take away all her joy?
Was it only me that wondered about this? But no, Art mentioned that he was wondering the same thing.
Sigh...
Well, guess what? We saw them this morning when we went for our walk. They must have gotten up before us and were walking far ahead of us. We caught up to them and wished them a good morning and thanked them for their understanding. There were lots of smiles and good feelings.
As we climbed further up the hill away from them, Art chuckled and asked, "Did you see her bag of crumbs?"
Wow.a great lady
ReplyDeleteBless her for caring about the birds, but I am not certain that feeding birds bread is good for them.
ReplyDeleteOkay that was too funny about the bag of crumbs! Once a bird lady, always a bird lady... :)
ReplyDeleteI guess she's keeping them away from your area, right? At least they are not following you around like they were. Or are they? :-)
ReplyDeletePeople will never learn, we shouldn't be feeding wild animals.
ReplyDeleteWhadah'ya gonna do?
ReplyDeleteI am glad you got to thank them for their effort. Seems they are still feeding but farther away. That will work.
ReplyDeletewell at least you moved them from your area...lol!
ReplyDeleteActually bread is not at all good for birds. It is about the same as giving a child a diet of sugar candy.
ReplyDeleteMahalo for sharing the good aloha all around!
ReplyDeleteOh, delightful.
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of a problem with bird mites in houses though I’ve always been cautioned about handling bird nests for that reasons. It’s sweet of the ladies to feed the pigeons and nice that you don’t have to worry that you hurt their feelings.
ReplyDeleteI walk at a State park. They have signs saying please don’t feed the geese. Many ignore the signs.
ReplyDeleteFlicks of geese fill the little swimming area with goose poop. Then the areas are filled with germs.
Kids don’t get to swim. Goose poop is all over the piers and board walks. Just like with masks some
folks do the opposite of what is suggested. I saw in my teaching career that most children were just
small versions of their parents. During my last decade I was braver and would say, “I understand your child’s behavior
now”.
Oh no!!! She is a bird lady, for sure.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness. I'm surprised she didn't hide the bag of crumbs. So now, she's getting MORE exercise by walking farther away. Hope it's happening in an okay place instead of the residential area. Kind of funny. So, maybe the birds will follow the people outside first in the morning, eh?
ReplyDeleteLinda in Kansas
Sigh. No good deed, etc...
ReplyDeleteRemember me, I feed six or seven farrow cats. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat story with good ending.
ReplyDeleteObviously you didn't spoil her fun. She's just hiding it from you old spoil sports. :-)
ReplyDeleteShe loves pigeons so much!
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