Bye Bye, Birdie

NOTE: this is a longer version of the same video posted on Instagram.

I have been watching this nest just outside my office for about three weeks now, since I saw that a pair of cardinals had adopted it as their new home. Today I share the cardinal’s excitement and anxiety as the time has come for their two babies to leave the nest. Spoiler: one of the babies remains in the nest, but seems as restless as its sibling, and as restless as some young men I know .