I hate nature.
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Working on: playing with digital pictures, watching the Pistons.
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Roman and I came home this afternoon to find a gray lump on the sidewalk in front of our deck. I realized it was a bird; worse yet, it was still shuddering / breathing. Roman began to be interested - "pet, Ro-Ro pet" so I whisked him inside. Called Doug, asked him to take care of it.
Determined it was a robin that has fallen from its nest; not old enough to fly, big & fat with little wings, still babyish feathers. Doug couldn't bring himself to kill it, so he told me he shoveled it gently under the deck so it would be protected. He reported that the poor thing opened its mouth wide when he approached.
Even worse... we got home from dinner with my cousin and I glanced at the ground near the deck to assure myself I couldn't see it. The little thing has somehow inched its way out from under the deck and was heaving and shuddering still. It is breaking my HEART to see this. I want it dead, because it's going to die anyway and I want it to be quick. But we can't bring ourselves to do it. I thought about asking our neighbor Bob, but there was no sign of him. So I must hope that a cat finds it quickly....
Meanwhile, it's supposed to storm and there's an injured bird in our front yard, dying. I can't stand it.
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Roman and I came home this afternoon to find a gray lump on the sidewalk in front of our deck. I realized it was a bird; worse yet, it was still shuddering / breathing. Roman began to be interested - "pet, Ro-Ro pet" so I whisked him inside. Called Doug, asked him to take care of it.
Determined it was a robin that has fallen from its nest; not old enough to fly, big & fat with little wings, still babyish feathers. Doug couldn't bring himself to kill it, so he told me he shoveled it gently under the deck so it would be protected. He reported that the poor thing opened its mouth wide when he approached.
Even worse... we got home from dinner with my cousin and I glanced at the ground near the deck to assure myself I couldn't see it. The little thing has somehow inched its way out from under the deck and was heaving and shuddering still. It is breaking my HEART to see this. I want it dead, because it's going to die anyway and I want it to be quick. But we can't bring ourselves to do it. I thought about asking our neighbor Bob, but there was no sign of him. So I must hope that a cat finds it quickly....
Meanwhile, it's supposed to storm and there's an injured bird in our front yard, dying. I can't stand it.
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