prey

The eastern wood-peewee is a flycatcher. Like most local flycatchers, it is drab, but it has a sweet, plaintive whistle in two phrases, "peeeeaweee, peeahhh." It sits on open perches watching for insects, which it will attack in mid air. Occasionally it will drop to the ground for prey.

Brendan Loy wonders how the press will react when Hillary Clinton wins big in the remaining demographically advantageous primaries despite being all but mathematically counted out of the race for the nomination:

by Donald Hall, from White Apples and the Taste of Stone

It is unacceptable that fish prey on each other.
For their comfort and safety, we will liberate them
into fishfarms with secure, durable boundaries
that exclude predators. Our care will provide
for their liberty, health, happiness, and nutrition.
Of course all creatures need to feel useful.

Here’s the (re)post of Braden’s Birth-Story as the kick-off to the Birth-Story Carnival.  As with the (Breast)Feeding Carnival, this is a way for us to share emotional stories with one another.  It can help us learn about

Kleinheider will no longer be blogging for WKRN. Budget cuts, and all that.
“Today, March 14, was my last day at WKRN here in Nashville. Like many cherished colleagues before me at the Deuce, I have fallen prey to those unfortunate media budget cuts you hear about all too often these days.”
I suppose Nashville [...]

A.C. Kleinheider, of Volunteer Voters is leaving WKRN due to budget cutting measures. Having been there twice, I know some of what A.C.’s going through. The political atmosphere of blogging has lost a leader and WKRN has screwed up once again.