Chickadee rescue ...

I was sitting in my room yesterday when I heard a thunk on the glass door. I hear this a lot because birds crash into our windows all the time. This one hit harder than normal, so I got up to look and found a little black-capped chickadee on my deck. Normally, I just let them be when this happens. They either perk up or they die. But since this one landed in the snow I felt like I had to help it. It didn't land on the soft snowy part, but rather on the icy part where the water was dripping from the eaves of the roof. I knew if I left him there, he'd probably freeze to death or get crushed from the icicles that were falling. I got a washcloth and set it on the deck where there wasn't any snow. The little guy had his feet stuck into the ice, so I couldn't get him up easily. He was barely conscious, but I could tell he was alive. I broke the ice around his little feet and then managed to lift him up onto the cloth. Then I tapped off the ice from his little toes. I wrapped the washcloth around him a bit and came back inside. I really didn't expect him to make it. The next time I checked on him, he had his head up. Then I checked a few minutes later and he was standing. A little while later he was all perked up and jumped up onto my table. Then he flew off -- amazing! The picture here isn't the actual one, but he looked the same. Like I said, this happens all the time with our house because we have so many windows. I normally just let them recover themselves, but this poor little guy probably would have died because his feet were stuck in the ice. I see dozens and dozens of these birds at my house everyday, probably in the hundreds. I don't know -- it just felt good thinking that maybe, just maybe, I helped save his little life.

On another note -- I've been listening a lot to the musical soundtrack for the old show La Femme Nikita lately. There's one song on there that I'm really enjoying right now. I looked for it on You Tube, but only found video clips that fans must have made. One wasn't appropriate for the song (it was all sex and I don't think it suited the song well). The other was this version, which is only text on the screen. It's a great song and I think the words are powerful for the times we're living in right now. I just wanted to share it ...