With a bird feeder strung from our overhang, just a foot away
from the house, I can stand in the window eye-to-eye with the
birds, mostly red-headed finches. They've learned not to fear
the faces in the window, even cat faces. As they devour
sunflower seeds, they gaze back at me contentedly, and I marvel
how much they look like those dinosaurs we see recreated on
television. Strange to be eyeball to eyeball with a dinosaur.
How could something so large become so small and still look so
similar? And how could people have missed the connection for so
long? Did no one gaze into the face of a bird before the
scientists pinpointed the connection?  In evolution, I see God
working things out, finding ways to help his creatures adapt to
the changing conditions on this planet--often in incredible
ways. For me, modern science only confirms the obvious.
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