Aug 06, 2008 23:42
Sandy found a baby cardinal that had fallen a short distance out of its nest, just outside our front porch. Luckily, she found it about five minutes before I got home. We went outside and saw that mom and dad were still feeding it as it sat in the grass under a rhododendron bush. I got closer and he/she immediately opened its baby bird mouth and demanded delicious grubs, which I took as a good sign it was probably uninjured. I found the nest, which was somewhat precariously placed, and gently placed the baby back in it. Today we found the little guy on the ground again in the same predicament, so this time I moved the nest a few inches to a more stable location where it couldn't tip over, and re-deposited the nestling. Hopefully he/she'll hold still for a while, and wait to grow flight feathers before jumping out again. Good news is, mom and dad found the little one pretty quickly and are still making regular feeding flights.
Also, because Carl tagged me:
01. How has LJ changed your life?
- Don't flatter yourself, LJ. You're nothing but a tool!
02. What do you do before bedtime?
- Read, after wandering around looking for critically needed misplaced objects.
03. What are you going to have for dinner tonight?
- Crackers & cheese.
04. What is the ONE place you want to go before you die if you had the money and time?
- The rational answer is "to a place where there is an anti-aging machine", but I'd also like to see Indonesia.
05. What scares you?
- A 31% Bush approval rating. Still? Seriously?
06. What do you do in your free time?
- Impulsively begin making things.
07. If you could speak another language (one you currently don't know), what would it be?
- Gaelic.
08. What personal belonging do you have with you everywhere you go?
- Wedding ring.
09. What was your favorite song or musical group when you were young?
- NIN.
10. Are you a risk taker?
-Calculated risks. You'll never see me getting drunk and trying to ride a jet-ski off a roof.
11. Is being tagged fun?
- I feel like this is the online equivalent of "do I look fat in these pants". What's up with the fishing for compliments, LJ?
12. Where do you see yourself in ten years?
- Founding a Kago-Do monastery in the mountains of Kaua'i.
13. If you could be anyone for one day, who would you be?
- I like being me. I'd screw anyone else's life up.
14. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is?
- Someone who could run a small town really well. Someone I'd trust to do the brutal mathematics required to willingly sacrifice himself for others. Someone I want on my side.
15. Would you rather be single & rich or married but poor?
- I've never been single and rich, but it doesn't seem all that great.
16. How many children do you want to have, if any?
- All of the humans of the earth are my children.
17. Is reality objective or subjective?
- Objective. It's our interpretations that are invariably subjective.
18. If you fall in love with two people simultaneously, who would you pick?
- The one who didn't demand I choose.
19. Would you have 100% safe sex with a stranger for $10,000,000?
- No.
20. What is your favorite color?
- I don't have one.