The other day we had a Chipmunk in the house, quick little buggers and can cause quite a bit of damage. After much chasing and baiting in trying to humanely catch and release I had to result to the old Tom and Jerry trap. At least once during the summer months we have an errant Chipmunk and a Hummingbird in the house, in the Fall/Winter its Bears and Mountain Lions prowling the decks; the joys of living in the Mountains.
We had a little bird come into the house the other day; some sort of a finch. The dog was going nuts. I could not get it to fly out the open veranda door but in the end, talking to it softly and moving my hands towards it from either side it almost jumped into my cupped hands. I was able to hold it in my closed hands and carry it outside. It did not seem at all panicked and when I opened my hands it sat there for a couple of seconds before flying off. We didn't think to get a photo until it was too late.
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