The nicest thing happened in the local Walmart in their greenhouse..............

After work today I walked around my garden for a few moments and decided that I should check our local Wal-Mart for anything I currently do not have.
I was alone in the garden department when I heard a strange TThhhhttthhhdddtthhh like something trying to get out through the plastic.
I started to look for the sound . . .
It was a small hummingbird trying to get out through the plastic roof.
The hot house is not too terribly large and there is a door on one end.
Since the sun was just setting the white plastic looked like the sky.
This poor little thing was making some pretty awful sounds.
for about 10 minutes of passing up and down the flower stand trying to shoo it towards the door, I decided I needed HELP.
I found a young high school aged gal working in the sporting goods dept... her name tag only stated trainee
she tried for some time to shoo the sad guy with a small broom.
After some time I could tell her arms were getting tired. We tracked down a larger push broom. Working together we were able to hold the broom close to the bird and still enough for it to just calmly land on the brush end.
This took a few tries but we were able to aid the hummingbird to open sky freedom, we did this just by letting it sit still while we walked out of the greenhouse with it on the broom.

I left there feeling like I had done something really wonderful....after all no one wants to spend their whole evening smacking its head against the ceiling, lest of all a garden friend like the hummingbird.

Watching this creature fly away in the night was so much better then National Geographic.
Merry

How Wonderful!!

how nice merry!

Good for you, so many people would have just figured they could do nothing and walk on. I am sure you will be remembered at the feeders>

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WOW - sounds like you had your arms full doing a great deed.

three cheers for you and your helpers!!!

What a great feeling for you!!
Good job.
Tena

Such a kindness from your heart :)
Trish

All the kuudddooo's from everyone
Thanks
But I gotta say it was the closest I'de ever been and I was so excited how could I help myself
Merry

Bless you for caring enough to take the time to free the little bird! Not many people have enough compassion left in the lives to do such a glorious thing!!!
Donna

We get them in the house from time to time; we're bad to leave the doors wide open in the summer. What a maniacal job trying to get them out without hurting them. But it always leaves a great feeling so I know exactly how you feel.
this was a great lesson for that teenager too.

lol We must be two of a kind. I did something similar on Mother's Day! I was in a green house buying Double IMpatiens for my mom and there was a BEAUTIFUL huge butterfly that was trapped by the plastic. People probably thought I was wacked but I spent 15 minutes catching it to let it out. lol

But I felt good about it afterwards! *G*

Kathie