Scott to the Rescue!!!

So, tonight we are walking home from the Avon Rec Center from swimming. As we are all cutting across the grass to jump over the small creek, Scott spots a baby bird next to a tall pine tree. He calls all of us over to see and of course, the kids are so excited to find this baby bird. Can we keep it? Can we take care of it? Can we take him home? So this bird flies a few feet from us and we are following him. He flies again and continues to get closer and closer ... oh no, the bird has flown and landed right into the fast running creek!! AAAAHHHH!!!! The baby bird is flapping hard ... he makes it to the edge of the grass but he can't get away from the creek. Scott runs to the rescue! He takes a magazine that we had picked up and carefully places it under the bird and picks him up and puts him up in the grass where he can fly. We stand back and convince the kids to back up as well. The baby bird flies again ... closer, closer AGAIN he flies right back into the creek! AT THIS POINT, we are all dying laughing ... well, Scott, Katy and I are laughing because Scott is yelling at this bird saying it has a death wish - he's a suicide bomber -- the baby bird is over the edge -- again, Scott catches the bird downstream with his handy dandy bird catcher magazine as we are all cheering him on ... Erica is near tears at this point. Scott rescues him and moves him back to where he first found him by the pine tree. We again back away and give him space and the mommy bird space to come rescue him. We wait a minute or two .. the bird hops, flies, hops and lands right on this huge pile of rocks .. right on the ledge ... right at the creek. Okay, you aren't even going to believe this but that darn baby bird flew right into the water AGAIN!!!! Scott goes after the bird again ... this time, the magazine is slightly flimsy and wet. Scott catches him again and we move him very far away from the creek. Like the bird actually had a death wish!!! It was hysterical! So we all file upstairs, lips sagging because we didn't keep the bird and come back upstairs. Katy can't stand it because we don't see the bird so she gets my camera and zips back downstairs to check on it and take these pictures!!!! Scott is pretty sure there is a meaning behind this ... he just hasn't had time to process it :)!!! LOL!!! What a way to end the day! Now we are having hot chocolate chip cookies and milk to recuperate from our strenuous activities!!!