Bill Spencer's effort to rescue an injured duck from Kohn Lake in Heritage Park in Taylor Michigan has touched the hearts of many Channel 7 viewers.    Animal lovers have been phoning the newsroom asking how Albert is doing.   So Bill thought we would give Albert the Duck his own blog  here on WXYZ.com, so viewers can track his daily progress.

First, here's the story of how Bill and residents of Taylor came together to save Albert.   

On Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Bill was working on his story scheduled to air in the 5pm newscast that day.   His producers phone rang around 3pm, with a request to help rescue an injured Duck.  Bill dropped his previously scheduled story, and jumped in a live truck with his photojournalist Johnny Sartin and rushed out to see what could be done.    By 5pm Bill had started assembling a team to save Albert.  The first attempts to lure Albert to the shore didn't work.  Was going to be a major effort.
See Bill's 5pm report here.

By the time his 5pm live report was over Bill had quite a crowd assembled.   He yelled out asking if anyone had a boat, which was needed because the ice was too thin to support anyone.   A local resident rushed home and got his Kayak.    Animal control Officer Dave Morrosi got in the Kayak and deftly navigated over the ice in a low speed chase of the injured duck.   He finally netted Albert, and brought him in to safety.
See Bill's 6pm live report here