......from a person who had a Near Death Experience....
He relived each incident in his life, including killing a mother bird when he was eight. He was so proud of that single shot until he felt the pain the bird's three babies went through when they starved to death without her
If you are curious and want to read the whole account, here is the link.....
http://www.near-death.com/forum/nde/000/31.html
* laughs like crow, soars like eagle with vision of hawk, haunts like loon & lulls like nuthatch ....tickle tickle, feather has most powerful medicine of all...makes you laugh *