Ojalá encontráramos otro nido, aunque solo fuera para verlo de lejos.

Because ojalá expresses a wish or hope, and Spanish normally uses the subjunctive after ojalá.

In this sentence, encontráramos is the imperfect subjunctive. That gives the wish a more distant, unlikely, or wistful feeling, as if the speaker is not very confident it will happen.

So:

• Ojalá encontremos otro nido = I hope we find another nest
• Ojalá encontráramos otro nido = If only we could find another nest / I wish we could find another nest

The second one sounds less straightforwardly hopeful and more emotionally remote.

Both are possible, but they mean slightly different things.

• Ojalá encontremos... uses the present subjunctive and suggests a real possibility in the future.
• Ojalá encontráramos... uses the imperfect subjunctive and suggests a more uncertain, less likely, or more imaginary wish.

So the choice is about tone, not just grammar.

In this sentence, encontráramos makes the whole idea sound more wistful, almost like If only...

Because ojalá can be followed either by:

• ojalá + subjunctive
• ojalá que + subjunctive

So both of these are correct:

• Ojalá encontráramos otro nido
• Ojalá que encontráramos otro nido

The version without que is completely normal. It may sound a little more compact, but it is not strange or incorrect.

Because aunque can take either indicative or subjunctive, depending on the meaning.

A useful rule is:

• aunque + indicative = the speaker treats the information as a fact
• aunque + subjunctive = the speaker presents it as hypothetical, uncertain, or just a concession

Here, aunque solo fuera para verlo de lejos does not mean a factual although it was only to see it from far away. It means something more like:

• even if it were only to see it from far away
• if only for the sake of seeing it from far away

So the subjunctive fuera fits that hypothetical or concessive idea.

Here fuera is from ser, but the sentence is slightly elliptical, meaning some words are left out because they are understood.

Aunque solo fuera para verlo de lejos is roughly like saying:

• even if it were only for seeing it from far away
• even if that were the only reason: to see it from far away

So fuera does not describe the nest itself. It is part of a common structure where Spanish leaves the idea somewhat implicit.

You can think of it as shorthand for something like:

• aunque solo fuera con ese fin
• aunque solo fuera por eso

The exact missing words are not important; the overall meaning is.

Because in Spanish, object pronouns are usually attached to an infinitive.

So:

• ver + lo = verlo

That lo refers to nido, which is masculine singular.

Compare:

• Queremos verlo = We want to see it
• Lo queremos ver = also possible with a conjugated verb before the infinitive

But after para, the infinitive structure is very natural:

• para verlo
• not para lo ver

It refers to otro nido.

Since nido is masculine singular, the direct object pronoun is lo.

So:

• nido → lo
• casa → la
• nidos → los
• casas → las

That is why the sentence says verlo and not verla.

Because ver algo de lejos is a very common and natural Spanish expression meaning to see something from far away / at a distance.

Desde lejos is also possible in Spanish, but it often emphasizes the physical point of origin more literally: from far away.

With ver, Spanish very often prefers:

• ver de lejos

So verlo de lejos sounds very natural here.

Because otro normally does not take un when it means another.

So Spanish says:

• otro nido
• otra oportunidad
• otro día

Not:

• un otro nido

This is one of those patterns that is just built into how otro works.

Because Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns when the verb ending already makes the subject clear.

The ending -áramos in encontráramos already tells you the subject is nosotros.

So:

• Ojalá encontráramos otro nido means
• Ojalá nosotros encontráramos otro nido

Adding nosotros would usually only be for emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

Yes. Both forms are correct.

Spanish has two common forms of the imperfect subjunctive:

• -ra form: encontráramos, fuera
• -se form: encontrásemos, fuese

So these are both grammatical:

• Ojalá encontráramos otro nido
• Ojalá encontrásemos otro nido

And:

• aunque solo fuera
• aunque solo fuese

In modern usage, especially in everyday speech, the -ra forms are usually more common.

Because modern standard Spanish generally writes solo without an accent, even when it means only.

Older spelling often used sólo for the adverb meaning only, to distinguish it from solo meaning alone, but current recommendations usually prefer:

• solo = only
• solo = alone

The context normally makes the meaning clear.

In this sentence, solo clearly means only, so writing it without an accent is completely standard.