The nest was perched in the tree several feet above my head. I looked at the baby bird on the ground and thought how scared it must feel, how scary it must have been to fall all that way. It was so young, it’s eyes were not yet open. I imagined falling from the nest and hitting the ground, not even being able to see what was going on. I stared at the wobbling thing. It looked like an alien with it’s eyes bulging and not being able to see.

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