Good morning from my new friendemy’this spunky little fighter I caught yesterday, just a block from my house. ? This one had all the fire in the world, but unfortunately not the wings to match. I could tell he’d been shot, though the bleeding had stopped. ? Poor thing tried to fly away, only to drop like a rock from a branch about 16 feet high.

Then the chase was on. ????? And let me tell you, this bird was fast. Wouldn’t you know it? He made a beeline for the Shively ditch, and me’hot on his talons’not paying attention, slid right down after him. He stayed dry. I did not. ?? Turns out, I must be getting fat because I broke through the ice’feet soaked up to my shins. ? Lucky for me, it was only a block away, so I didn’t freeze solid on the walk back.

Not all of them can be saved, and I lose a lot, but the wins’the ones who get to roam free again, just like they were meant to’make every bit of effort worth it. ?? I run, walk, limp, even crawl from little win to little win, but they add up. And some, I know, are better off because they’d only endure suffering otherwise.

Oh, and I also caught a goose, but that’s a whole other story for tomorrow. ?

Have a good day, everyone! ??

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