Rescued a Chipmunk now a bird :P

[caseysmom]

How cute...chipmunks are pretty brave! We go camping at Lake Tahoe and they jump in my car while I am still unloading looking for food.

[Alysser]

I thought you guys might like to know there hasn't been a chipmunk in the pool since this guy and I saw them playing around today while I was swimming with my friends but someone else DID end up in there. Of all the animals a bird, I believe he was fairly young, a little house sparrow. I looked out the window and saw him in there weakly flapping, assumingly at that point he was in there for a few minutes and had been freaking out. I ran out, scooped him out with the net..and held him on my lap in a towel for a bit in the sun. He was twitching at at one point he stopped and I thought he was dead. His breathing was really shallow and his eyes were shut but I nudged him a bit and he straightened up and held his wings out to dry them off and seeing his vitals returning I left him in the grass in the sun for a bit and he dried off. After taking this pic, I moved a little and he flew away to the back of the yard. When I went to check a little over 10 mins later he was gone, I'm assuming he was fine just a little shaken. I DID manage to get a pic once his vitals returned.


Crazy little guy, he was quite adorable.