Bizarre Bird Story

So, there was a little Pine Sisken out in our yard that was very close to us and wasn't flying away. We walked closer and tried to pick it up and it fluttered a few feet. I went closer and it fluttered a few feet. It then flew out into the road and fell on its back and looked dead. I went and picked it up and it was still alive. We took it in the house and put it in a little box with some black nyjer seed and a cap full of water. Melissa said we should probably take it outside because if it was just stunned and then flew away, we would be chasing it all over the house and might hurt it worse. So we took it outside on the porch. It climbed to the top of the box and flew over to a tree. Then it launched and flew across the road and tumbled behind a bush. At that moment, the neighbor's cat streaked from his porch and pounced behind the bush. It emerged a few moments later with our cute pine sisken crumpled in its mouth. Miranda and Abby both saw it happen, but thankfully weren't traumatized.