Friday, November 7, 2025

Birds

 

They drove home without speaking, wallowing in privately mutual disappointment.

It had been a beautiful weekend, filled with hiking and campfires, but they hadn’t seen what they had hoped to see.

Avid birders, there had been rumors of one of their bucket-list members being sighted at the state park a few hours from their town, and they’d immediately made arrangements to go cross those little fellers off of their lists.

Pulling into their driveway after dark, they unloaded the car, brushing the shrubbery next to the garage with their camping gear.

The rare little birds glared in their nest, unamused.

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