Subject: [Tweeters] I was too late. :(
Date: Aug 20 21:34:42 2009
From: Marian Murdoch - marianmurdoch at yahoo.com


August 13, 2009
Bremerton, WA
Warren Ave Bridge

R.I.P. little cormorant. :( He was sitting in the middle of a busy bridge in the middle of a horrible rainstorm, obviously wounded, as the traffic whizzed by him on both sides, no one thinking twice about the little guy, some almost missing him by inches. I battled with myself. Should I stop, should I just let nature take its course? I turned around, found a place to park and waited for the traffic to clear. Ran into the road, got him wrapped in a little towel and carried him back to the car. He was a young one, his body only about a foot long (not counting the neck and head). His bill was black and his feathers were soft and fluffy. It was the most beautiful bird I have ever seen, so jet black, the tail feathers showing an iridescence in the sunlight. As I carried him to the car, he raised his head and placed it on my chest and closed its eyes. He died on the way to the vet. :( I tried...

Marian Murdoch
Belfair, WA
marianmurdoch at yahoo.com