Bird Nests and Normality

I took a walk the other day and spotted a bird's nest, fallen, on the sidewalk. Quickly, I pulled out my phone to take a picture. Before I snapped the shot I thought, “Maybe I should put it back in a tree. It looks out of place on the ground; the picture won’t make sense.” Then I questioned whether or not a bird would use it again if I touched it. So I left it there. A bird's nest on the ground and I took a picture.

Sometimes when things are out of place the first thing we want to do is reposition it, fix it, and alter it, so that it meets our standards. If something doesn’t meet our idea of “normal” we have this longing to change it. A bird’s nest should be in a tree. It just makes sense. Yet, there are certain scenarios that require a process to take place before they arrive to a state of normality and tampering with the natural progression of change could be a hindrance instead of a help.

After some online research I learned that if I had touched that nest it would become useless to the bird population.  Leaving the nest on the ground allows other birds to use bits and parts to make their own creations. I revisited the sidewalk yesterday. I didn’t see the nest on the ground. Hopefully, it was reused and is now part of other nests.