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A few days ago I helped out a little baby bird, who could not fly, or even get out of a dugout for my neighbors basement window.  I decided to help it out and I picked it up and put it in the middle of my back yard.  The bird's family came by and talked to it then decided to fly backup to the tree, which the little one could not get back up into.  Well I decided to walk up to the baby bird who was just sitting there and then suddenly the little bird decided he would fly away from me, directly into the middle of a pond.  Luckily I had a paddle boat and was able to get to him in time.  He actually dipped his head under the water and sucked up water.  When I arrived he was not breathing, but I have raised ducks before and knew a swinging motion (while supporting the neck) which I used to get the fluid out of his lungs.  He started gasping for air and was shivering cold.  I brought him back to the house and dried him off with a hair dryer and fed him some yolk from an egg so he could have some protein for energy because he was not doing so well.  I kept the little bird over night in the garage with a heat lamp so that he would be safe from the raccoons and other animals which might have eaten him for a little snack.  The next morning I released him.  He flew a little further than he could before but he still needed work.  I never saw him again but it was experience for both of us.  He's one lucky bird to have his life saved twice in one day, and I felt pretty good giving him another chance at life.