29 April 2026 Wednesday

it was very gray and rainy today. after work, i saw a robin 
(not the huge one i've seen a lot on the ground, 
maybe a female? do the females have red breasts too? 
i will look in my books) with bits of straw in their beak, 
land on the evergreen bush and slip away inside.

then, not long after, i saw a light-colored bird, about the
same size or maybe slightly larger than the robin, swoop 
first towards the evergreen bush, then off in the other 
direction, then back to the bush--carying what looked like
a fragment of a plastic bag in their beak. i wish i could 
have gotten a better look. i haven't noticed a bird that
looks like that through the window here before. i felt
sad, seeing the plastic as nest material. maybe i should be
more optimistic, and think at least maybe it can be used. 
but i worry it will just hurt the creatures. 

i felt glad to see the robin looking to make a home here.