Pigeon on a C road. Small 'bump'. Didn't stop. When I did a few minutes later, bird still alive. In space between front bumper and radiator. Well, most of it was. One wing wasn't. 'How the Hell …?'
Instinctively opened bonnet, but knew no access without socket tool to the space. Tried to remember if there was gap under car bird could have been gone up. Thought there wasn't. Bird now not moving. So, started 45-minute return journey.
Went straight to local Romanian car wash, who produced socket driver, took off access panel under bonnet, removed bird and washed the space, which was by now quite 'pigeony'. But still 'How the Hell?'
Then realised bird had passed between central black mesh and bumper by hitting mesh hard enough to bend it, but then it had snapped back into place, trapping injured bird. Upshot? A dead Norwegian Blue pigeon, a clean & polished car and blessings counted. The last time something like this happened, it was to a 911 and cost me the thick end of a grand.
Instinctively opened bonnet, but knew no access without socket tool to the space. Tried to remember if there was gap under car bird could have been gone up. Thought there wasn't. Bird now not moving. So, started 45-minute return journey.
Went straight to local Romanian car wash, who produced socket driver, took off access panel under bonnet, removed bird and washed the space, which was by now quite 'pigeony'. But still 'How the Hell?'
Then realised bird had passed between central black mesh and bumper by hitting mesh hard enough to bend it, but then it had snapped back into place, trapping injured bird. Upshot? A dead Norwegian Blue pigeon, a clean & polished car and blessings counted. The last time something like this happened, it was to a 911 and cost me the thick end of a grand.