09-10-2003, 02:32 PM
when I lived in the apartment, one morning I was on my way to work, waiting for the train and out of nowhere one of those egret-type birds (like swans, but can fly - real long neck) comes walking up from a sidestreet and it trying to cross the street to my side.
Anyway, he must've been hurt 'cause he wasn't trying to fly at that point, and was scared to cross because of the traffic. He gives it a go when it seemed clear but some kinda SUV came around (wasn't speeding), the bird got nervous and tried to fly out of the way - it got airtime but not fast enough, and ended up smashing into the SUV's windshield.
I was literally 20 feet away, and I can still hear the snap of the long neck as it hit the glass. What made it worse was the bird didn't die right away, it lied there for another 2 minutes or so before it stopped moving. The SUV tried to stop, but didn't and kept on moving.
I wanted to move the bird, but I didn't know if I should 'cause I heard wild fowl can harbor all kinds of diseases, and I figured he was a goner anyway - plus I would've been late for work, and I didn't wanna explain to my boss that I was late because I was playing veterinarian.
Anyway, he must've been hurt 'cause he wasn't trying to fly at that point, and was scared to cross because of the traffic. He gives it a go when it seemed clear but some kinda SUV came around (wasn't speeding), the bird got nervous and tried to fly out of the way - it got airtime but not fast enough, and ended up smashing into the SUV's windshield.
I was literally 20 feet away, and I can still hear the snap of the long neck as it hit the glass. What made it worse was the bird didn't die right away, it lied there for another 2 minutes or so before it stopped moving. The SUV tried to stop, but didn't and kept on moving.
I wanted to move the bird, but I didn't know if I should 'cause I heard wild fowl can harbor all kinds of diseases, and I figured he was a goner anyway - plus I would've been late for work, and I didn't wanna explain to my boss that I was late because I was playing veterinarian.