8/8

i saw this baby bird learn to fly today.

it was crying so plaintively so i went to get it some water and an open box to shade it.

this kind of freaked it out and it tried to fly away, but it couldn't, it could only jump and flutter 3 inches off the ground.

then, it ended up falling off of the window ledge and onto the sidewalk where it promptly made a b-line for the street.

i tried to get it back on the ledge, but it was having none of it and it managed to fly up and land on a car.

but the car was burning hot so it needed to fly some more, and it found a comfortable perch on the roof.

at this point the driver of the car and i were both engaged in how to help it when...

it took off and flew across the street, up onto a much higher ledge.

there is a lesson here if i choose to see it...

but it was hard witnessing this little helpless thing take that necessary leap to learn to fly

and it's no easier being where i am now.