I changed channels periodically throughout the evening and watched her sleeping. You'd think it would be hard to see bird's breaths, but she breathes deeply and her tiny body pulses in and out with some force.
The following morning, I took more tea into the living room and settled down to watch her wake. It was getting light by 7.30 but she didn't move. At 7.45 am, she woke suddenly, shook herself and immediately returned her head to its snoozing position with such force I felt sure she must've stabbed herself with her beak. She obviously wasn't ready to face the world. Perhaps she was dreaming of being chased by a sparrowhawk? Do sparrow's dream? Then at 7.50 am, she woke, and without any preening or shaking of feathers, just jumped up to the entrance hole and left.

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