Thanks for your message & your thoughts, Jeri.

Good, good news! We are just back from the release of the pine warbler to the wild. It is a beautiful, sunny day in the 60's in New York. We took some photos in the aviary, because we thought our feathered friend might immediately fly away. Amazingly enough, he stayed close-by--feeding, taking a bath in the bird bath, flitting & hopping from branch to branch for about a half hour before he finally flew from our view. What a sweet-spirited bird & what a gift, from start to finish! He started foraging for bugs as soon as he was outside. He's wonderfully adaptable. I have a very contented feeling of closure now.

best,

Barbara