Returning baby birds to nest ends well

Little Pasture on the Prairie Early in the summer, two gray birds with pale yellow chest feathers started building a nest in the exterior eave of one of our outbuildings. It wasn’t a difficult job. There were remnants of a previous nest to work with, and the two simply added a bit more grass and some fluffs of wool. At first, I thought to regularly check and see if there were any hatchlings,…