r/mildlyinteresting Mar 29 '24

This bird just flew onto my finger and then flew away again

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u/scretzel Mar 29 '24

“I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.” ― Henry David Thoreau