Stunned...

While in Aqaba, Rachel and I stayed at the Kempinski, which had huge picture windows in the lobby. As we were sitting enjoying the wifi (only available in the lobby), a bird flew into the picture windows and then fell onto the sidewalk trying, but failing, to fly away (flopping around on the sidewalk, only one wing working). 

We went out to investigate, thinking maybe he had a broken wing. The hotel gardener came over and explained that he was only stunned and would recover in a few minutes. During that time, however, he was vulnerable to being eaten by the feral cats wandering the grounds. He put the bird in the bush for safe-keeping.

Back inside, as we finished our interneting, we both glanced up, in horror, as a crow swooped down and tried to grab the stunned bird out of the bush (I actually screamed). Luckily the crow only got a few tail feathers. But Rachel went back out with the hotel gardner and moved the bird deeper into the bush. And then I stood guard against the crow, who was definitely hanging around looking for another chance.

Incidentally, the bird came out of the bush after about 20 minutes, only to fly back into the windows and re-stun himself.  I put him back deep into the bush and we left shortly thereafter - hope he made it and didn't just fly right back into that window a third time.