Carrell was off duty Monday and driving his patrol car back to the station. About 9 a.m., he noticed a car stopped on the westbound highway’s left lane near Interstate 5. Carrell saw a mama duck and about 10 ducklings near the median.

The other car drove off, and Carrell positioned his vehicle to shield the ducks. Eventually, the family began its trek across three lanes of traffic.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/349134.html

There’s video, too. If you watch the SUV driver directly behind the cop, he or she hit the hazards and helped block traffic for the cop car and protected his entry back to his own official vehicle. Many many officers are hurt every year when vehicles moving too fast and too close strike or clip rescue or enforcement vehicles.

A few months ago, while driving through Palm Beach county, I came upon a similar scene. A uniformed State Trooper, car blocking a lane, shooing/escorting a bald eagle out of harms way in some kind of “special speed penalty zone”. No pictures, but it tickled me. Except for one that flew 20 feet over me during a vacation trip to New Mexico, I think that’s the closest I’ve been to a free bald eagle.

There’s adventures everywhere. :)