This Man Is For THe Birds~~The "Duckman Of Spokane Does It Again"

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Looks like Joel Armstrong's claim to fame is to be known as the "Duckman". Armstrong is a loan officer at Sterling Bank in Spokane, Washington and this isn't his first claim to fame as the "Duckman" Last year the same exact thing happened and it happens to be a popular email forward going around. Last May nearly the same time as now, a mother mallard duck had laid ducklings two floors up on a ledge---you can see the pictures and entire story here: http://www.stumbleupon.com/toolbar/#url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.sonnyradio.com%252Fduckstory.htm Joel Armstrong was concerned about the mother duck and ducklings as it is customary for a mother duck to take her "children" to water within 48 hours after they hatch, so the next day, very early in the morning, Joel watched as the mother duck flew down and was trying to encourage her babies to jump off and fly to her. Problem? Yes, the ducklings couldn't fly! He watched in horror as one of the ducklings jumped off the ledge and came crashing down---when the next duckling was about to do the same, Joel intervened and managed to catch each duckling as it jumped off the ledge..once all the babies were down he placed the ducklings into an empty box, holding it low enough so mama duck could see them and took them to the nearest open area of water which was the Spokane River several blocks away---once there mama and her babies jumped into the water and to safety. Well, looks like history has repeated itself...it's not known whether it's the same mother mallard duck, but she has been given a name of Amelia Duckheart---and yup--the female duck laid twelve eggs which then hatched...and yup--the drama was to begin again for Joel Armstrong---he came to work at 5:45 a.m. just when a repeat performance was to take place...the mama duck flew down enticing her babies to jump and follow her. With the skill of the greatest baseball catcher, Joel Armstrong patiently waited as each duckling jumped of the ledge and caught 8 of them..the last four he had to climb up a ladder to get them. Once again too, he and a group of people corralled and herded the mama duck and babies to the Spokane River along a parade route, since later that day a parade was to take place---you can just imagine the people's faces waiting for a parade and instead see a "parade" of ducks walking along the route This time several videos caught the event and I wish to share them with you: http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=7619605 http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2009/05/the-duck-parade.html An article about this event (also with a video) http://www.komonews.com/news/local/45367342.html Anyway I JUST had to share this--don't ask how many times I've watched this video and go --AWWWWWWWWW------who says there aren't kind people in the world? Way to go Joel Armstrong!!