He and his sister would have LOVED hunting birds, but a) they were dumb and b) they needed glasses.
I’d watch his sister get all excited about crows… From 30-50 feet away. The crows would look at her like “Are you seeing this shit? Is she serious?” Sometimes they would actually let her get within 10 feet before taking off.
I was like “Sweetie, if I CAN SEE YOU, the CROWS can see you…”
When I was a kid, one of mine brought live snakes into my room that I would wake up to. They weren’t dangerous but fuck I did not want to wake up to one coiled up between me and the door.