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To: Ron who wrote (101651)	6/16/2020 9:39:42 AM
From: Graystone	6 Recommendations Recommended By abuelita Cautious_Optimist Crocodile elpolvo isopatch and 1 more member Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 104216

Aerial artistry or A dance of death Yesterday I saw something I have never seen before. I was working at an outside pedestal that was alongside a road in a field of mowed grass. About two hundred yards away there was a pond and I was facing that direction. As I was watching I saw a magpie flying towards me in the most amazing fashion. Each beat of the magpies wings took it two or three feet in a different direction. It was acrobatic aerial artistry and looked so unnatural I focused immediately. It flew this way towards me alongside the road from about two or three hundred feet away. As it got closer I could see it was chasing a butterfly. Each move mimicked perfectly, an amazing display of flight power. As they passed to my right I turned and watched and just then the chase ended. The magpie caught the butterfly and turned into the wind at the same moment. Alighting on the stop sign across the street he ended the dance right there. Then flew away as flat and as unassuming as a magpie always does. I appreciate that I got to see that. Beauty, vulnerability, artistry, living and dying in a moment. I wondered if the butterfly knew?