Awesome.
About a month ago, the beast and I were at the park sitting under our favorite tree. I noticed a mockingbird in another tree who tried to take off but kept dropping and then swinging under the branch it was sitting on. I walked over and could see that a string caught in the branch was wrapped around the bird’s foot.
I knew that if I didn’t free it, it would die there. The bird was well out of my reach so I looked around for something I could use to try to break the string. I found a small branch about 5 feet long but it was too short. Then I remembered that on the way in we had passed a bamboo shoot laying by the sidewalk. That shoot had no reason to be there as there are no bamboo plants in the park.
Anyway, I hoped the bamboo would be hollow and I could just put the small branch in the end of it and use it, but, the shoot was solid. Then I remembered that I had duct tape in my car left in the trunk from the move.
I taped the branch to the shoot and was able to reach up and snap the string and the bird flew away. I was elated, lol.
The whole time I was praying, asking God to help me help that bird.
Great bird rescue stories!
Somehow it’s always been left to me to rescue the reptiles.... LOL They are always getting into trouble in our garage. Whether it’s a frog that’s gotten into a 5 gallon bucket and can’t jump out (easy) or a lizard that’s got stuck on the flypaper (more difficult), it’s always something...
I’ve actually had to rescue about 5 or 6 lizards from the flypaper so far. They must get in that predicament from being on the ceiling and chasing skeeters and small moths. Usually my husband spots a stuck one first. The first time, I thought the lizard was dead, it was plastered on there so tight it couldn’t move. I’ve got it down to a science now. First I prep: I lay a paper towel on the clothes dryer, and go get the bottle of mineral oil and some cotton balls from the bathroom. Then I get up on the stepladder and gingerly peel the lizard off, bring it down and lay it on its back on the paper towel. Then I gently dab mineral oil on its entire front side, until it dissolves the gunk. Sometimes there is quite a bit of sticky goo, and it takes several applications to remove it. When all is well, I turn the lizard loose in the yard somewhere, and tell it to keep out of the garage if it wants a happy life!