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The moment I saw a bird laying on the balcony, unresponsive, I dropped everything.

The balcony has glass walls, which the bird hit pretty hard against. It (I don't know the gender) was disoriented, shaking, and totally out of it.

It was almost night, and I can feel a few drops of rain, a sign of, well, more rain.

So I took it in, did some research, left it inside a quiet dark box with a heating mat on the bottom. It slowly calmed down. We slept overnight, listening to the rain outside, thinking about what would've happened if the bird hit, let's say, somewhere else.

It would've not have any help, or care whatsoever. It would die slowly, having a concussion and oh my gosh my efforts doesn't matter anyway this is the way of life there are bird striking windows everyday and I can't help it Holy noodles I should remove windows from every computer in the house...

I was like this the entire night.

The next morning I discovered that the bird was awake, but something was wrong. The bird was still disoriented. Then I discovered something. Gosh, how did I miss it?

The left eye was completely swollen, which had caused the imbalanced walk, which means that it could not fly.

(*Rapidly typing on phone*) come on where is the nearest wildlife rehabilitation centre....

Initially I thought that the bird just needed to recover, I was wrong. It needs professional help ASAP.

To the SUV! (https://myinstants.com/instant/...)

We went to the other corner of the town. Seriously, we were at the southeast part of town, and we have to drive to the northwest.

It took 15 minutes, but we finally got there. I dropped it off and got home. I will never see that bird again in my entire life.

I don't know what will happen to it.

Good luck out there, little bird.

So... That was my weekend. Here comes Monday...