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. Also, Oct 17, 2024 and on the 20th a curved-billed thrasher came in. I've got to close the door.
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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....
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