that is so heart-breaking.

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--- On Fri, 8/21/09, Marian Murdoch <marianmurdoch at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Marian Murdoch <marianmurdoch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] I was too late. :(
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 12:34 AM
> 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
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