Today is St. Patrick’s Day. March 17, right? It’s bad enough
that people use the day to get drunk for a supposedly “legitimate” reason, but
this year, it falls on a weekend and I shudder to think how boisterous it’s
really going to be – all day, not just tonight – downtown Honolulu and in Waikiki.
Well, I’m here to tell you that there’s at least one group
that’s not going to be wearing green, drinking green, or even munching green.
It’s the doves that come visit me when I’m having my midday green tea break.
The other day, I took some Froot Loops cereal outside with
me, and crushed a few of them as a treat for the zebra doves that come swooping in when they see me settle down for tea and a read. The little
buggers are generally pretty picky, and if my treats aren't white or light brown, they
sometimes shun my offerings.
Empirical observation: The yellow and cream-colored loops
went first, followed by the other colors. Eventually, only one color of
crumbles was left – green. For some reason, they just looked at the green,
cocked their heads, looked again, and walked away. It’s like the green had
halitosis or something.
A couple of hours later, when I went back outside, the green
ones were gone. I don’t know if they got so hungry that they relented, or if
the larger spotted doves muscled themselves in and ate ‘em.
My money is on the spotted doves.
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