Originally Posted by
theratlady
So, I'm not quite sure what happened.... this morning I woke up to the sound of fluttering coming from the inside of the box. I quickly checked on him, and he was in there, sitting up, eyes wide open, looking around, looking like a perfectly healthy (if a little dazed) bird. I took the box outside and he didn't do anything, so I kind of helped him up onto the edge of the box (with gloves), and then he just took off! He flew all the way across my yard with no problem.
So now I'm kind of worried that I just traumatized this perfectly healthy bird, although I still think it's odd that it was sitting out in the open, literally in the middle of the road, in an area with a lot of cats and dogs. And why he didn't move when I walked up to him, or struggle much when he was touched...
Regardless, he seems to be better now, which is great seeing as I half expected him to be dead this morning.