Small guest

Last week, before the screens were installed, covering the slits high in the wall of my ground-floor living room, a sparrow landed on the entrance to the front door, walked in, then flew around checking for things to eat. When she/he was ready to leave, it was up and out through the slits in the wall.

Today a sparrow (the same one?) entered through the partially open front door and surveyed the place. When she/he was ready to leave, there was a little problem: screens on the usual exit. The bird flew around trying different slits in the wall, but all were blocked. She/he sat on the ceiling fan, hopping from blade to blade trying to work this problem out.

I went to the front door, pulled the curtain back and opened it all the way. It took my little guest about a minute to see that there was an Exit. She/he dive-bombed out the door.