I spied a strange looking little bird hopping around the parking lot at work. It dodged one car, then another, then a third nearly hit it. It jumped back and started running straight towards me. I reached down and scooped it up and in my palm was a trembling wood duck. I put Ducky in a box and took him/her home. Ducky had a temporary home in one of my cat carriers. He/she got to play in my back yard the next day, snapping up bugs and splashing in a big bowl of water. Ducky is now in the care of a nice lady from our local wildlife refuge until he/she is old enough to be released at a duck pond.

Julie Stripling
Natchez, MS