The Little Cardinal
This morning there was a SMASH on the downstairs french doors, loud enough to go and check. Sitting on the ground on the side of the path was a beautiful little red and yellowish green cardinal, who looked like a female but smaller than an adult. She didn't look like a baby with their squat body body and crop sticking out, and it was very clear that she could fly, just not right at that particular moment. So I went and sat with her to make sure nobody like our feral cats or the evil doggies would bother her. Unfortunately, at that point Wes, not knowing that the bird was there, let the dogs out. So I scooped her up and took her into the house and put her in one of the dog cages to recover.
The little cardinal recovered rapidly and slithered between the bars of the cage and started flying around the bathroom, feeping. This was a clue that she was ok :-). I scooped her up again and took her outside where someone in the trees was feeping for her. She feeped back, and took off towards the sound.
Bye bye little birdie :-).