Dead bird discoveries

I'd like to bore you with details of the 8 dog encounters I had today while delivering the mail. I really would, but I won't.

I will, however, bore you with details of the dead birds I've been finding along my mail route. The running total is now at 3 dead birds - 2 magpies and 1 unidentifiable baby (featherless, pink and looked like a mouse at first glance).

The most interesting part of my dead-bird-discoveries comes from today's find. I approached the front steps of a home when, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a bird standing on the walkway that leads to the backyard. Upon closer inspection I came to learn that the bird standing on the walkway (a magpie) was dead, yet still standing upright on both feet. How that's possible I'm not sure. The disturbing part of the whole experience was the fact that this magpie, much like the first dead magpie I saw a week ago, had no head.

Lori is convinced (and is trying to convince me) that cats bring dead birds to homes as a way of saying "I like you and as a token of my appreciation for who you are, I bring to you this dead (and headless) magpie."

Just for fun: Our pets heads are falling off!