A CACTUS WREN CAME INTO MY HOUSE. HE HAD A TOUGH TIME.
KEPT HITTING THE WINDOW TO GET OUT.
Oh, just happened today again March 7, 2024. He got out on his own through kitchen door where he came in.
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                           Loren Eiseley (Left)  The cactus wren or his mate the day before. (SECOND)    THIRD: Last of only 4 Cactus Wrens seen at Elliot and Cooper roads in more than 20 years.  FOURTH: Cactus Wren March 9 2019 small for Web.jpg
I caught him with a fishing net and let him go. The minute he escaped, his mate came out of nowhere and they rolled in the dirt under a bush with joy. Then, they flew off together. NOVEMBER 22, 2014.

It reminded me of a Loren Eiseley story in his book The Immense Journey. It's a little overgush for me, but darned good just the same and it is germane to what happened today.

Eiseley has caught a sparrow hawk and is going to take it in for study or something. He keeps it for a time and then in a day or so he has to take the bird to the lab or wherever.

  And then....









Loren Eiseley Dedication to the Immense Journey.jpg