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Lily B survived the surgery. The vet told me that lily B had an incredible will to live. She

had never heard of a dove who had lived as long as he had. The next day he came

home. When he finally started eating again I allowed myself to hope that he would really

survive this trauma.

It took about two months for Lily to recover. He never cooed once during that time. And

then one morning a miracle occurred. He sang to me once. Overjoyed, I sang back. He

peered down at me from his ceiling perch. A day or two later I was writing, when

suddenly he cooed three times. The telepathic connection was working again!

That was four months ago. Today Lily and I have regular conversations and our

telepathic bond keeps us connected even when we are apart. Just within the past couple

of weeks, the outdoor birds have started to sing their mating songs. Sometimes wild

doves visit the feeder but Lily has lost interest in them. This abrupt change initially

baffled me. But his intent is unmistakable; Lily B has chosen me as his partner.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sara is a writer, naturalist, ethologist (a person who

studies animals in their natural habitat), Jungian

therapist and animal advocate currently living in the

mountains of Northern Mexico. She lives with her

two dogs and her bird Lily B, many sagebrush

lizards and red winged blackbirds on Red Willow

River. She writes for Return to Mago, and her

nature columns have been published weekly in The Bethel (Maine) Citizen for the

last six years.