Bird observations
Patricia O'Tuama
1) This morning I watched a male mourning dove feed a female
mourning dove some sunflower seeds after which they had
sex that lasted two seconds
2) Although the male house finch's color on it's head, chest
and back ranges from pale yellow to orange to red (the
color is set by "carotenoid pigment during the molting
period" as associated with "frugivorous feeding habits"),
females over-whelmingly prefer the reddest and brightest
males
What if this was true for humans?
Dan would feed Wanda a chocolate cupcake after which they would
have superfast sex. Robert (blond hair) would wander lonely af-
ter all the women flocking to Joshua (bright red hair). Michael
(orange hair) would make out pretty well himself with the females
that hadn't yet seen Joshua.
Robert vows that next year when he's molting he'll stay away from
the millet and eat more carrots and orange peels instead.