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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.

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