Outside Sara Hayden’s home, robins and finches were busy building nests of their own. Inside, Hayden sat with a crochet hook and leftover yarn from winter scarves and hats, creating four soft springtime nests for orphaned or abandoned baby birds and mammals.
Sara’s mother — Julie Hayden of Port Saint Lucie — had shared an article with her about the need for handmade nests to support the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW). CROW is the nonprofit where her daughter, Kyla Love Hayden, had volunteered for a short time on Sanibel Island in 2023.
Kyla would have been celebrating her 24th birthday on June 10, 2026. The Florida Gulf Coast University senior studying political science unexpectedly died in 2024…