Freedom

Pigeons showering

I'm not sure if Eid al Adha ends tonight or tomorrow night. I intend to release the 3 bulbuls but not during the feast as the noise and crowds will confuse and frighten them. The weather has cooled by a couple of degrees so it's a good time to release them. I just hope they will find food and water ... and not jump on other humans begging for food as they do every day with me. They've become too tame. They risk being captured. And they've never seen cats. 

I've been studying various parks and the variety of birds that share that space. Independence Park, though bigger and has a fountain, is taken over by parrots and crows. No sparrows or bulbuls so it's unsafe to release my 3 rescues there. The best bet is still Damascus Gate Park. There're sparrow, bulbuls and many other types of smaller birds that are less threatening. Also it means there's food and water that's why the smaller birds are around.  This morning on my way to work I saw the sprinklers splashing water on the hot grass, and pigeons and sparrows were showering beneath the sprays of cool water. Tomorrow morning might just be the day the 3 bulbuls fly free.