Love Story

  One morning this week at a nearby amphitheater, I saw an audience taking their seats, including wood ducks and a cat.  Out of curiosity I joined the crowd and watched what was happening on the stage.  A female northern flicker appeared first (females don't have a moustache as the males do).  She looked very pretty but lonely.  

Suddenly a male northern flicker landed from the sky and leaned on the female.  The intimacy lasted for a few seconds.  The female then shied away and disappeared from the stage.  The male stayed and was high-spirited, as if he was quoting from the signature greeting of former NYC Mayor Ed Koch: "How'm I doing?".

At the conclusion of the show, I could not help but being reminded of my childhood fairy tale love story endings: "And they lived happily ever after."