One of the things I’ve noticed in the past several years after moving back to my roots in the Midwest, and recently moving to a more rural area with a lake and farmland nearby, that I didn’t notice before, is that by watching birds I realized they were created to be mentors for parents. “What?” you say. That’s right. Ever notice, even during incubation, how committed the mother and father bird are to making sure their offspring will be taken care of? And then after the eggs hatch how industrious they are to nourish and nurture their young? One of the parents is always making sure the hatchlings are warm, fed, and observing them as they gather food, feed them, and fly about the nest. These young birds are being taught from their earliest days what is important in order to make it through life. You never see the young …