A Buddhist's Diary July 5th 2009

How strange life is! The dogs found this baby bird in the middle of the road looking a lot like a little rock. It appears to be a Western Flycatcher like the ones on my sunflowers. I am feeding it on little bits of meat and the occasional bug stuck on a tooth-pick. I think it can fly well, but I'm not sure it can eat without either me or its mom. I'm sure its mom will have forgotten all about it by now. I can't really train it to fly with its mouth open to snap up bugs. I thought about putting meat in its cage so flies will lay eggs there etc, and starve the bird until it realizes that its only hope is to eat either maggots or flies. I don't know why but I don't want to do this. I hope I will release it tomorrow. It will be happier I think. I'll miss its song in the early morning and evening. I think it's bedtime for birdies so I had better stuff its little gut before it tucks its head under its wing.