One Last Step

An American kestrel, close to fledging, looks out from his nest in a saguaro in George Doc Cavalliere Park in Scottsdale, Arizona on June 5, 2021. Original: _RAC2813.ARW

While his siblings nearby practiced flying on a breezy spring evening, one last kestrel wasn’t quite sure about entering the wide world beyond. I feel such sympathy for the last-to-fledge, on the precipice between the only life they’ve known, the comfortable life that must end, and the dangerous path ahead where they can live their fullest lives. Taken near sunset in 2021.

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