Austin found a baby bird at the bottom of a tree one evening, so the next morning when he still saw that it was alive (and hadn't been eaten by a coyote), he decided he would go and help it out. It took quite a bit of creativity to figure to how to help it, including capturing it inside a tupperware container, chasing it from underneath the truck tire, opening up the lid to give it oxygen, etc. Austin scaled up the tree to get to the nest, only to find that he couldn't reach it! He was scared and started wobbling back and forth on the small tree branches. But, with positive words from his mother and saying a little prayer, he was able to find the courage to keep trying! He came back down from the tree and went back up to another one where we found another nest that he was able to reach. I gave him my phone to take pictures of his triumph, and viola! Bird was back safe inside the nest (not the same bird, and was on top of another egg, but we decided that the real mother would eventually show up and help the baby bird).
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