All Creatures. . .

My daughter and I were letting our dogs out in the fenced yard yesterday when she noticed Sammie sniffing a bush next to the door.

When she went over to look, she saw a bird’s nest perched on a limb. One of the babies had fallen out onto the ground.

We lickety-split hustled all of the dogs back inside and then tried to decide what to do.

I’ve always heard that you shouldn’t touch the babies, or the mother won’t come back to care for them. There was nothing else to do but pick the little thing up and tuck it back in the nest.

We hung around and held our breath, waiting to see if the mama would come back. Sure enough, she flitted in – a tiny little thing – with something green in her mouth, gave it to the babies, and then flew off to get more. She continued this until they stopped their hungry chirping.

I think birds are amazing.

Is there any creature on earth who works harder to prepare for their young and then care for them, building a home for them, feeding them, sheltering them and then teaching them how to fly out into the life around them?

They go about it as if that is what they were put here for. With complete dedication and commitment.

I’m so glad we were able to help her out a bit.

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