a Guck!

One day in June, I heard Sean and Hayden outside talking about a baby bird, and heard a lot of squawking from some not-baby birds.  When I went out to see what was going on, I saw Sean and Hayden taking refuge on our porch from a couple of protective dive-bombing robins.  They told me they'd seen a baby bird under the trampoline, and although I couldn't find it, I told them maybe they'd better stay inside so we didn't anger the parents.

Well later that day, we had some friends over who are nature-catchers-extraordinaire.  Kaitlyn caught that baby bird in no time and the kids began to make a nest for it, and dig for insects to feed it.  I was a little worried that the parents would abandon it once the kids touched it, but they continued to keep watch from their perch in our sycamore tree and feed that little bird for a couple of days in our yard.    Then one day, the bird became strong enough to hop right out of our yard, and I had to explain to a heartbroken Daphne that it was a wild thing and wouldn't stay in our yard forever.  But it sure was cute to see him hopping around our yard for those few days.  Hopefully he eventually figured out how to fly.

Oh!  And I guess I should explain my title.  "Guck" is what Sydney calls anything with wings.  (That's how she says "Duck".)  And she was pretty excited to see that baby "Guck" in our yard.  Good thing it could hop away fast or it's chances of learning to fly would have been severely diminished.