This “Best Shot” was published by the News and Observer on 16 May 2015.
“I took this shot about a week after the eggs hatched. A few days later, all but one had flown away. It took two days for the family to get the last chick, who by now was hopping around our front yard, to take flight.”
Cardinal Nest in Fairfield Neighborhood in South Durham, NC.
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Melissa Bunin Rooney writes picture books, poetry and freelance; reviews picture books for New York Journal of Books and live performances for Triangle Theater Review; provides literary and scientific editing services for American Journal Experts, scientific researchers and students; and writes and manages grants for 501c3 nonprofit Urban Sustainability Solutions. She also provides STEM and literary workshops and residencies for schools and organizations through the Durham Arts Council’s Creative Arts in Public and Private Schools (CAPS) program.
