Niamh clune's Blog Posts Tagged 'spirit' (1)

A week or so ago, I found a baby robin that had fallen from its nest. It hadn't yet grown all its feathers, so was far from ready to fly and fulfill its bird purpose. Its mother perched on a nearby fence. She called constantly to her baby. I was worried both for the baby bird and for its mother. The cat might find the tiny bird in its vulnerable position on the ground lodged between two stones. It could not move forwards or backwards. It could not defend itself. I picked it up. At first, it…