{"id":14308,"date":"2013-06-21T13:55:59","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T21:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=14308"},"modified":"2013-06-21T13:55:59","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T21:55:59","slug":"a-bird-in-the-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2013\/06\/21\/a-bird-in-the-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bird In The Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"

While I was taking a shower this morning my neighbor from across the street came running over and started chatting with me through the bathroom window (something that I will never be able to come back from) and said that a chick had dropped out of its nest in front of her house and she didn’t know what to do with it. Since I regularly animal-sit for her cats and dogs and because I often go to the Zoo I was obviously an expert on wildlife.<\/p>\n

I’d seen and heard the chick chirping loudly while recently house-sitting and knew it was already fairly mature.<\/p>\n

She said her gardeners almost stepped on it while working and they placed it into a large, clear plastic storage container. They added some bird seed in case it needed to eat.<\/p>\n

Once I finished my shower (and put some clothes on) I went across the street. My neighbor was out running an errand so I talked to the gardeners. I checked on the chick and found it trying to fly out of the container. I knew it needed to be set free so I let it climb onto my hand and I raised it just high enough so that it could fly out. It almost landed on a half-wall a few feet away but ended up just staying on the ground in the corner, safe, comfortable and free to pursue a life of religious fulfillment.<\/p>\n

I knew the chick would be ok since it looked perfectly healthy and very close to being able to fly like a regular bird, so I left it there and came back home to get some stuff done and to prepare myself for…wait for it…house-sitting for the same neighbor again starting tonight.<\/p>\n

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While I was taking a shower this morning my neighbor from across the street came running over and started chatting with me through the bathroom window (something that I will never be able to come back from) and said that a chick had dropped out of its nest in front of her house and she … <\/p>\n

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