i was out til early afternoon & when i got home i found that a woman was trying to reach me about an injured Bird while i was away.
i listened to her message then called her.
She had a small Bird that hit her window & there seemed to be something wrong with the foot.
She had given the Bird a cap of sugar water.
i said it would be best to remove that & she wondered why.
i answered that Birds don*t necessarily know how to drink out of a container like that, that it might just get spilled & then dry to a crust on their feathers & just need removing somehow.
i also said we don*t know what kind of Bird this was, & at what stage of development, & so what might be best for them.
i gave her MARS*s number & asked her to call them & show them a foto & see what they said.
Well, she called me right back, saying they wanted the Bird brought in.
She offered to bring the Bird to me in the box, as she just lived around the corner.
Yay!
Now to figure out how to get them to MARS mid-afternoon.
The Bird was making a loud interesting call, so maybe a Wren, i thought, but now i am wondering if they were a Starling perhaps.
It was a friday, so that meant my nice CTS truck guy was on the Island!
i called the Co-op to see if he was there, but he*d left already.
They understood quickly why i needed to reach him & happily gave me his cell number.
i called, but got his voice mail & left a message.
i figured next he would be at Ford Cove, so i called there.
She was busy at the time, but asked me to hold on while she checked.
Drat, he*d already left.
i figured his next stop would be the ferry lineup, so i hopped in the van with the Bird in the box & went down there to find him.
i got almost all the way there & suddenly there he was, coming right past me going away from the ferry!
So i turned around & the chase was on.
He turned into the road that leads to my house!
Maybe he was coming to me?
i flashed my lights from behind him, so when it was safe to do so, he pulled over & i ran up to his door.
At first i don*t think he realized who i was or what i was doing, but soon he was smiling & saying yes he*d take the Bird, could i meet him at the 3 ferry?
i convinced him to just take the Bird right away, which seemed easier.
& i said i*d call MARS & tell them he was coming by around 5 pm.
Turns out someone is there til 10pm, so there was no rush.