I think it is a pigeon. I'm not very aware of my birds, I admit. On my way to work this morning, though, driving along the road here downtown, I see a little pigeon hanging out on the dividing line between the bus lane and my lane. As I approached him, he didn't move. I passed him and parked, and as I walked back that direction toward work, he was still standing there, on the line.
Now, I know I can be mean and I'm not a huge fan of having pets. But I'm a bleeding heart and seeing nature live out the way it's destined bothers me. I don't know if this pigeon was dying naturally or if he'd been attacked and was too injured to fly away. But I know watching him sit on this stripe in the road, ready to become roadkill, wasn't working for me.
I got out in the street and nudged the poor little pigeon to the side of the road. He wouldn't jump up on the sidewalk, so I left him there near the curb but still in the bus lane. I can only hope he's not there when I leave here this evening, dead or alive. I might cry. I just can't take seeing animals helpless like that.
Of course, maybe he wanted to be on the stripe, maybe he was waiting for his love pigeon to return? Yes, this is how I'll think of it. Maybe his love pigeon will recognize him sitting near the curb instead of on the stripe? Okay, wait....now I realized as I was nudging poor little pigeon to the curb that there were regular downtown folk who must have thought me as off-kilter as they are. Now I know I am.
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way to ruin his suicide plot
lol
FINALLY got up my Q&A today....
Poor little guy. Hope he isn't there when you head home either.
Funny story. I had something similar happen to me on a really bad day...
I was driving and I ran over a bird (not sure what kind). I felt very bad and wasn't sure if I hit him or not. So, I turned around (bad decision) to see if I truly ran him over. Oh yes, I ran him over. The worst part was that one of his buddies was sitting there in the road looking down at him. I felt so bad.
It's possible he hit a truck or bus and was just disoriented for a bit. Don't feel too bad if he doesn't survive, there are many more pigeons out there to replace him. (I'm using the term "him" loosely.)
That was nice of you to shoo him over to the curb though. Did you check to see if you're running a temperature? LOL
I don't think you are off-kilter. I think you are kind. If you starting singing the pigeon a lullaby or making him a bed out of leaves, THEN you would be off-kilter. But I will say, I hope you boiled your hands after - it was a pigeon!!!
LOL
Let's hope he didn't "catch" the bus!
I think you're possibly the world's sweetest person.
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