“It is a time for kindness, love, community and human spirit to connect with nature.”
This sentence was written by Colette who blogs over at Stargazing Futures. Colette offered that thought in a response to a post last week in this place.
The reason I used it as the sub-heading for today’s share is that it is perfect.
Read this from Mother Nature News and you will understand.
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Watch an excavator gently rescue a deer
Russell McLendon September 5, 2017
When two young black-tailed deer wandered onto a construction site in 2016, they probably didn’t realize how dangerously muddy the ground had become. They both got stuck in the mud, a predicament that could have easily been fatal — if an observant worker at the site hadn’t noticed them and swung into action.
“I wouldn’t have seen them if they hadn’t moved and caught my eye!” wrote Bill Davis, a native of Tacoma, Washington, who was checking on the property for his employer.
When he realized the two yearling deer were stuck, he “orchestrated a rescue operation with his cellphone,” his son-in-law told GrindTV, by contacting a skilled excavator operator who might be able to pluck the helpless deer out of the mud.
Using an uncannily light touch for such a powerful piece of machinery, the operator managed to rescue both deer from the mud. Davis posted one of the rescues in the video above; the actual scooping up of the deer starts at about the 2:30 point.
Of course, it might have been even better for these deer if the property was still forest, not a muddy construction site, and it’s worth noting that habitat loss is one of the main problems facing wildlife around the world. But that was a moot point by the time these deer got stuck, and since Davis couldn’t return their lost patch of habitat, he did the next best thing by making sure they survived this ordeal.
Plus, as Earth Touch News points out, these deer were thought to be yearlings at the time, so they may have already been old enough to rebound afterward.
Davis wasn’t taking any chances, though. “Didn’t sleep much last night [after the rescue],” he wrote on Facebook. “[A]ll I could think about was those little guys getting stuck again, and not finding mama! I’m out there looking to make sure the babies didn’t come back to the mud! No sign of them.”
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“It is a time for kindness, love, community and human spirit to connect with nature.”
Exactly!
What an uplifting story, Paul. Wonderful choice!
We could use more stories like that!
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As and when I find them they will be shared with you! 😍
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Such a positive story Paul, thank you so much for sharing this 🙂
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There was no question! It had to be shared with you!
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W.O.W. Incredibly remarkable. Thanks for sharing a feel good story to start the week.
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Sorry I couldn’t reply the same day. We were returning from Chicago all day yesterday. Very pleased to be back home. 😊
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Welcome back!
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Thank you! ❤️
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That was heart wrenching. I stopped breathing while watching that. Thanks for sharing it. Yes, we are doing too much damage.
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Thank you in return! 😎
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Oh Paul, I watched hand over mouth, such skill with the digger.. and Oh so love happy endings.. 🙂 😀
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