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Oh, Baby Birds
I’m Sorry I Couldn’t Help You
When you love animals, you imagine yourself rescuing an animal at least once in your life. It’s been romanticized through movies and television.
Well, I had that opportunity.
And I squandered it.
It Was a Couple of Years Ago
While living in Washington one summer, a pair of birds made a nest in the Boxwood next to the walkway leading to the porch.
But I didn’t know it until I trimmed the Boxwood.
I was surprised and stopped trimming, as I didn’t want to disturb the nest, although I used the hedge cutters on the other parts of the bush so it wouldn’t be in our way.
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It was cool to see the tiny eggs and birds protecting them. And when the eggs hatched, I smiled each time I saw the chicks.
I thought I would get to see them grow until they were old enough to fly away to repeat the cycle.
Then it Happened
One day, I walked outside and saw that the nest had fallen out of the bush. The chicks were…
