The Robin....
robin chick. The young bird apparently had tried his first flight from the nest and failed as he could make it no more than a few feet in the air. I thought seriously about "rescuing" the bird, but my better instincts told me that nature would take it's course. I was thinking that with several neighborhood cats around that the end would not be a good one.
I didn't see the young bird for a day or so but was amazed to see him on the other side of the yard several days later. When I tried to get close enough to take the picture above, the mother robin, who I had thought had long ago abandoned her chick, swooped down and threatened me. Apparently she had been watching over him all the time. And as I watched, indeed, she returned with some bird morsel in her beak and fed the chick.
Hopefully he'll be flying soon and go on his way. There is lesson here I suppose, if we humans could only count on those we care about as much as the birds seem to do we would all be so much the better off.
 | Although I have a good sprinkler system, I usually spend 15 minutes or so each evening watering a few things, because the Big Gold Dog likes to lie in the front yard and watch the world go by. He seems to enjoy my company. Four or five days ago I heard a faint chirping from amongst the ivy and discovered a fledgling |
I didn't see the young bird for a day or so but was amazed to see him on the other side of the yard several days later. When I tried to get close enough to take the picture above, the mother robin, who I had thought had long ago abandoned her chick, swooped down and threatened me. Apparently she had been watching over him all the time. And as I watched, indeed, she returned with some bird morsel in her beak and fed the chick.
Hopefully he'll be flying soon and go on his way. There is lesson here I suppose, if we humans could only count on those we care about as much as the birds seem to do we would all be so much the better off.
