Stay Safe, Little Birdie

I noticed something strangely unlike basil sitting in a pot on my porch yesterday....  That is, I noticed its dissimilarities to basil right off, seeing as how only basil was supposed to be in that pot.

Turns out, it was a small robin, still speckled on its breast showing it's young age.  The poor thing tried to fly out of the pot once my children neared its hideout.  We then watched it hop across the road--almost being run over by two separate cars as it clumsily moved to and fro.  Thankfully it made it to the porch of the neighbor, and we promptly followed it.  We watched it try desperately to gain higher ground, but its wings only sputtered.  What a precious sight.

We left it in a bush right off our neighbor's porch.  I only hope that it's still alive today, despite the many dangers that abound for a fledgling robin on our street.  If only the cats next door recognized the beauty of it as much as we did.