The above three photos of a Bulbul struggling to swallow the bread piece, it has managed to break from the loaf caught my attention. The pieces were too large for their beaks to mouth and swallow.
The same Bulbul soon learned to break smaller pieces, comfortable to mouth and swallow. The Bulbul impressed me as one who is a good example of being able to learn from experience!
It occurred to me that the Bulbul learned to take just enough feed each time and feed as much as it needed for a meal!
When it had a sumptuous feed, it moved on to the water bowl and flew away for its morning flight elsewhere !
I remembered the heads of the governments of the USA, Russia, Israel, and China, who have something in common with the first attempts of the Bulbul to eat. I wonder whether the political leadership of India is also leaning towards such a mindset!
Their territorial passion and aggressive habit to accumulate by usurping what rightfully belongs to others, has created a season of war with human lives lost, displaced or harmed! The leaders remain untouched by the pain of thousands who are deprived of normal life! The leaders violated the vocation of peace, which the nations pursued under the UNO after the Second World War, except for a few aberrations.
I feel touched by the wise decision of a Bulbul to overcome greed and adapt quickly to take just enough for its one meal!
I saw Bulbuls at the feeding station later in the day! Each had enough and more !
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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