As some of you may or may not know, there were severe thunderstorms and tornado warnings in the Southern Alberta area last night. There was hail, torrential rains, and constant lightning and thunder. It started here late last evening lasted pretty much the whole night through and didn't let up until around 4 a.m.

This morning one of my cats brought a poor little fledgling that had died in the storm to our back door. I know it was brought by a cat because it wasn't there to begin with but showed up later in the morning. I think it was a blackbird but I'm no expert.

Mom threw it out in a little plastic bag and I wasn't about to beg her to leave it so that I could take pictures (morbid, she'd call me -- although what's wrong with that?) I have a fascination with dead things, you get such a better look when they're dead... life is so fragile.

I only had a small window of opportunity to get photographs of the bird before Rosalie, the cleaning lady, came to empty every last garbage can in the house, because today was the day she comes -- and she came early today too.

So after mom left for work and my brothers left for school I dug it out from the garbage, where coffee grounds had unceremoniously been dumped on the poor thing's Super Sam bag coffin. She had also wrapped it in paper towel. It was heavy for such a tiny bird -- presumably water logged from the storm. It was about the size of my hand if I had to compare. There was no bad smell, just damp paper towel and the scent of coffee grounds.

I carefully unwrapped it and took pictures, then I wrapped the little bird back up, thanked it, and put it back in the garbage where unnatural things would take their course. Poor thing.

~LA

PS: I took the photos because I thought they'd be of some use as well as something to remember the unfortunate creature by. I do not have a lack of respect for life or death, so please do not think I am a sick person. I have morbid tendencies but a great reverence for death.

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The Vole:
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The Fledgling:
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