Too late?

[Victor]

This morning on my drive home from work, I noticed a feral pigeon sqated down listless near the curb.There was a small flock in the middle of the street that moved out of the way. I parked in the supermarket lot and walked over where the injured pigeon was. As I approached it, it limped a few steps and fapped its wings, only to rise a few inches. I took my windbreaker off, and threw it over it.I gently scooped it up and held it as I drove home about a block away.

My wife and I inspected it but we were unable to find any visible wounds nor any bleeding. There did seem to be a bruise type discoloration on its chest and ruffled about in that area. He was "puffy" and eyes seemed dialated. After a few minutes of getting him warmed up after coming in out of the cool rain, we administerd an electrolyte mix of water in its beak with a dropper. The pigeon sipped it in. We then made him a soft lined box bed and placed it in a warm dark spot in the house.

As we researched our Pigeon Talk help guides,I was considering calling our vet to see if the avian specialist was in. My wife checked the pigeon and unfortunately she discovered that he had passed away quietly.

It is our theory that it may have been impacted by a large vehical.The side street that I found the hurt pigeon is used by grocery delivery trucks often.

I was unable to find , at least not in the short time I had this morning to find anything about pigeons being hit by vehicals.

Does anyone have any suggestions that we might be able to use in case there is a "next time?"