The bird was in shock and unable to deal with the cold and damp environment of the north coast.

She told me she could keep the bird alive for a few days, but she ran her bird rescue operation out of an old airstream in a trailer park and couldn't properly heat it to the standard this critter needed.

In Humboldt, there was a better care facility, but they were going to stop taking birds the following morning. They were at capacity I guess and had issued a warning to all the rehab stations in the area.

The bird would have tk

too get there tonight, and neither of these ladies could make the drive, what with their own patients in need...