June 29, 2025 Editor, The News-Gazette: I stood transfixed as a big black bird pecked viciously away at a small bird’s body it held with its talons. The small bird fluttered its wings desperately, life ebbing away. The black bird continued to peck and pull fur away, opened a cavity in the body, began removing body parts: the heart, intestines, etc., till, finding the food it wanted, it gorged for a minute or two, than hopped away, leaving everything else behind.
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