While poking around the garden today, what did I suddenly see looking up at me from atop a parsley stalk in the central bed, but a teeny tiny fledgling. Well not teeny tiny, but definitely itty bitty, much younger than the other ones I saw a few weeks ago. Was just sitting there. So I went inside and herded the dogs inside (they hadn't seen) and watched. About half an hour later an adult song sparrow came along and tended to the baby. I didn't see feeding, but eventually the adult showed the baby how to get through the fence at the bottom (since the baby wasn't flying). The baby looks weird in that s/he doesn't seem to have a tail / long tail feathers, though Google images seem to suggest that may be normal. I hope s/he will be ok. But it does go to show what they say about not rushing out and interfering when we see a baby animal -- chances are the parents are around and will come back.
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