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				First: one (fledgling)little fat 

		grey thing opening its mouth to me in distress that I saw

					on my way to the library must have

	fallen onto the sidewalk so I called Sheila and said look up on the internet what

				to do with birds that fall out of their nests

			and she typed in what to do with fallen 

			   birds and the first thing the site

						said was: DO NOTHING.

							The parents are probably

	nearby and watching so I moved a bit away and there was the mother literally with a worm

	 in her mouth so I went on to the library and checked out my books but checked

	out the scene with the bird again on the way back and there was that little fat bird now

						at the base of the tree but visibly

			out of breath. A bird panting. Can’t be good. Exposure

							to passing cats besides.

						II


		Another problem: bird that built a nest in the flower pot next to my front

			door. Hey little brown bird (are you a wren?)  - that is not a safe

									place to build

			your nest! It is spilling over the back of the flower

							pot and is too low to the ground

							  to be safe. One thinks also of

									cats in this context.

			I have stopped using that door in deference to her poor choice.