Friday, September 19, 2008

Lindsay and the bird

Today, the highlight of my day was that I got to hold a hummingbird. There was one that got stuck in a big equipment garage and just kept flying into the ceiling. It was pretty sad. When I was walking through the garage, it apparently got tired and plopped down on the ground right in front of me. It couldn't even stand on its feet. Maybe hummingbirds just can't support themselves on their feet or maybe this one was just too exhausted. The bird let me pick it up; it was so light. I took it to some guys in the garage to see if they knew what to do, and after a minute, it started flapping its wings. It calmed down so I took the hummingbird outside and was trying to show it to Ben and Jason in the truck. Right as I put my hand in the truck, it started flying. It flew around inside the cab of the truck for a minute and then tired out again. I set it out by a bush with some flowers hoping it would perk up and be okay. We came back in a few hours and the bird was gone so it looks like it was okay. Animal rescue is pretty fun- I wish I got the chance to do it more often.

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