but later that evening, i was saving grasshoppers from the pool, when people called out to me, pointing at the other end of the pool. it was a baby #bird, near drowned

i saved it, wrapped it in a towel, gently blowdried it, & harbored it in my room for the nght

morning, it was flying around my room trying to escape😅

i took it outside to release it, & after several attempts, it flew up into the tree where its nest is

the photo is real size on a phone, about 3 in. not sure the species of #dove