How am I in this moment?

My sleep has been irregular lately and I woke at 4 this morning unable to go back to sleep, but that’s okay. I got my coffee and I have been watching the sun come up and learning a few things, and I’m looking forward to the day and the work I have planned.

I have another Mr. Hopeful update already! Yesterday morning I went back to the kitchen and saw out the window that one of the baby birds was hanging upside down, and TETHERED by the ankle, tangled in a bit of plastic string that Mrs. Hopeful had put in the nest. Poor Junior was panicked. I grabbed my shoes and a pair of scissors and went out in my nightie quick as I could. There was no option, I had to catch the chick (the string was about 14 inches long and he was fluttering wildly and squawking), I folded his wings and put him head first into the hole of the nesting box with his one leg still out so I could cut the string, then I pulled out as much of the string from the nest as I could. It looked like a bit of string from reinforced packing tape like you might see on an Amazon box, so it never would have broken! The chick might have a permanent ankle bracelet, but he should be fine now.

I went back into the house. Mama and baby were talking to each other but mama wouldn’t go near the nest. After about 40 minutes she started doing fly-bys to check out the nest to see if it was safe. She did three of those and then was gone for a few minutes and came back with food and started feeding her chicks again!

I saw Junior stick his head way out of the nest again. He is always hungry and getting more curious about the bigger world. I think they may be venturing out of the nest within the week.

Mind your trash, folks, be sure to pick it up! Plastic is bad.

Have a nice day everyone!