Nature at it's best

I was over at a relative's house this morning.  She lives in a wooded area.  As I walked up on her porch, a squirrel was sitting on the banister.  He sat there and fussed at me.  He made no move to leave.  She and all the other condo owners put out cat food for the feral cats.  The squirrels help themselves.  One of her neighbors told us this morning she had had to buy a different brand of cat food.  The squirrel came up on her porch, tried the new cat food, spit it out and fussed for a few minutes and ran to another neighbor.  There are birds everywhere.  They have a colony of feral cats.  They have trapped every one but one and had them spayed and neutered.  The cats live there around the complex.  They keep the area free of rats and mice and also snakes.  And in return, they have warm houses in the winter.  They are given shots every year.  They are caught and defleaed regularly.  Those cats have it good.   A new one has shown up.  He is a young, intact male.  They were talking this morning about how to catch him and take him to the vet to have him fixed and get shots.  They take good care of their colony.  And I am so glad they do.