Killing a Bird with an RV
I felt bad.
Yesterday, while driving the RV on the highway, traveling north, a bird flew in front of the rig, too close, and I hit it.
There was a loud thump. The bird bounced away from the rig and to the side. I could see its wings flapping as it bounced.
It was a loud thump. I couldn't believe the bird hadn't died instantly. Yet, its winds were outspread and flapped as it bounced.
There was traffic behind and to the side and I couldn't stop to assist the bird. I was hoping the bird died quickly thereafter and wasn't lying in the ditch suffering.
Then I remembered that when we butchered our own fowl, the death throes would cause a rigorous flapping of wings. And, it also occurred to me that the outspread wings and the flap as it bounced could have been those of a dead bird caught in the wind currents in front of the RV.
Those two possibilities allowed me to ease my own pain a bit. But I'll never know whether or not the bird was killed instantly or suffered a lot.
As hard as it hit, it certainly couldn't have survived very long, it must be dead by now and not still suffering.
