San Diego Union-Tribune (Sunday)
RARE PINK BIRD LANDS IN MICHIGAN, DELIGHTING THE PUBLIC
Bird lovers with cameras and binoculars are traveling to a stream in southeastern Michigan to see a rare creature with pink feathers and a long bill.
The roseate spoonbill was found in Saline in the Koch Warner Drain, the first to be seen in Michigan, said Molly Keenan of Michigan Audubon.
The bird, which typically lives in the Gulf Coast region, escaped from a zoo or is “very confused,” said Saline police, which placed traffic cones on a road to manage the flow of people.
“Sometimes they wander a bit too far,” said Benjamin Winger, bird curator at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
Whatever the reason, word has spread about the bird. Sally Most and her husband traveled roughly 200 miles from Fairmount, Ind.
“After a time, you see a lot of the same birds, and then you see something unusual.
I took over 300 pictures of it last night,” Most told the Detroit Free Press. “We’re going home happy campers.”
A Florida lawn worker saved a driver who was having a seizure in his still-moving car, despite the indifference of other bystanders, authorities said.
On Monday, the man — who was identified only as Tony by the Palm Beach Sheriff ’s Office — saw the driver was having what appeared to be a serious medical problem.
Tony ran up to the rolling car and “grabbed the fender to try and stop it from rolling down the street further,” sheriff ’s officials posted on Facebook. One of the tires ran over Tony’s foot, but he was wearing steel-toe boots.
Finally, the car stopped on a neighbor’s lawn. The car windows were up, the doors were locked and the driver was convulsing, the sheriff’s office said.
Tony screamed for help, but, according to officials, residents of the house where the car had stopped yelled back, “Get off our lawn,” and, “Get the man out of here, have him die somewhere else.”
Fortunately, Tony recognized the man and ran down the street to his house. He told the man’s wife, who called 911.