I've never seen this phrased quite this way, but it rings true to me. When life gets busy or stressful, it has been much easier for me to stick with organizations like this as opposed to clubs that are strictly recreational or hobby based. That kind-of-work kind-of-socializing organization hits a sweet spot for me. I genuinely enjoy participating, it helps my community, and I feel some level of responsibility to keep up with it.

Looks like a fledgling pigeon to my eye.

A peregrine falcon would have a similar body shape, but with a shorter more curved beak. Peregrines also have yellow legs with more pronounced talons.

One of the most important aspects of this is that it gets people thinking in terms of what it takes to solve their problems, rather than strictly about the money.

I've been working with a community land trust. Houses take material, labor, and lots of planning to build. The easiest way to access that, of course, is with loads of money. But ultimately you can get it done with much much less money if you identify what you can actually do and then go do it yourselves.

They know what they did.

I didn't actually weigh them, but the bigger two were maybe a half pound each.