As One, In Discarded Bedding…
Shards of glass lurking like traps were removed,
Proffered food was distributed
Near grassy bedding, used and discarded
Upon a small mound adjacent to a sett.
A robin flitted, as daylight lingered
And the wait began and the evening chilled…
Three investigative badgers soon appeared,
Senses keen, careful, yet quite unmoved.
Offered morsels were noisily ingested,
Though movements remained guarded.
Then the trio of hungry members of a cete
Suddenly froze, as dusk descended
And as one, lifted heads my way, afeared…
Pete Ray
12th October 2021
Early evening.
Cleaned a water bowl out, refilled it, scattered food about near the badgers’ discarded bedding and broken glass was identified and removed.
Surprisingly, three badgers appeared almost immediately to feed, although in a guarded fashion, as a robin shifted quickly about.
At one point, something caused all three, as one, to lift their heads, as if to either warn, or acknowledge human presence…
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