My thanks to those of you who suggested PAWS Wildlife rehab. Yes, it was a
starling, and perhaps if I hadn't just come back from a wild 3-day weekend in
Boston, I'd have caught on to it. I'm running on 15 hours sleep since Thursday
morning, so I'm not catching a lot of things!

While taking the bird to PAWS, I got a good look at the little fella. (little
gal?) I never knew starlings had white spots. I never studied them in a book,
since you can just *tell* it's a starling, from far away! :) He was very
beautiful. He had green/blue iridescence on his neck and wings, and he perched
on my hand while I was transferring him from box to box.

Yes, it was only a "stupid starling". But it was a friend who had never before
taken an interest in birds, and she was interested enough now to actually DO
something about it. She's so intrigued by birds now that she wants me to take
her out guide shopping. That one stupid starling just snagged another
birder. And a female one, at that. Didn't we have a discussion about this
subject oh, about a year and a half ago? "Why aren't there more young birders,
and why aren't there as many female birders?" Well, because some folks helped
us help that starling, the birding world just got another young female birder.
(Yay!)

Turns out it wasn't a cat kill. It hit the patio door. The cat was not
interested in a bird that didn't move. :) It will probably recover, I'm
told. (is that a groan I hear from Mike Smith?!)

Thanks again to all who emailed suggestions.

Susan Collicott
camel at serv.net
Seattle, WA