To save a life

Cooper came running in the house,

"Mom, Mom! There is a bird in the pool!"

Oh great. I instantly remembered the last

time we had a dead bird in the pool - I ended

up with a skimmer basket's metal rod through

my shin. Cooper would not let up,

"Come see! Come see!"

Sure enough. A little bird sat our our sweeper hose

and was submerged up to its shoulders. Wait - do birds

have shoulders?? Anyway, I could tell this little thing

was in distress. It was shivering and even with

all of Cooper's commotion, it wouldn't budge.

How long had it been there??

Its feathers were soaked and so flying away

was not an option for the little fellow.

I'm not a fan of bird germs for sure but I'm certainly not

going to watch this little creature suffer on my watch.

I carry too much guilt as it is.

I sent in a life line. Just climb on little bird.

Nothing doing.

After I kept nudging it to climb aboard, it fell back

into the water and starting flapping around

the pool but getting no where.

His feathers were too wet to save him.

I finally got the net out and scooped him out of the

water. I thought of doing that in the beginning but

I was afraid I might hurt him or his feet would get

stuck in the net. Anyway - finally he is rescued from

what could of been his graveyard.

We tried to get him to climb into the tree but he was

too tired and still too wet to move. We set the net on

the ground and finally, after a few hours, he flew away.

I feel like I did a good deed today.

Photo credit goes to Maddison, who feels she deserves acknowledgement for the awesome job she did of capturing the event.