Guardian pigeon?

Every morning, the kids and I head out for a walk and play at the park. Last Monday, I woke up tired and not feeling well, so we gave it a miss. But instead, we received a little visit from this little guy or girl (how do you tell?)...

Elly was the one who raised the alarm and told me the pigeon just flew onto our deck and that maybe it bumped it's head on the wall? The pigeon just stayed there and wouldn't move no matter how close we (Elly) got to it. This is when I wish I was one of those cool mums- the ones that wouldn't be afraid to pick up the pigeon and see if it was ok... Bindi Irwin/Diego stye... my kids would have loved that. But of course, I'm not one of those mums. I did get the little pigeon some water and bread... I thought that was nice of me, and Elly invited a complete stranger (the pakage/mail delivery lady) to come inside and meet our new pet pigeon when she knocked at our door. Which reminds me, I really need to remind her about 'stranger danger.'

So the pigeon stayed on our deck all day and only moved a little. At this point, I thought it was definitely injured and was hoping that Joe would get home early or before it died so that he could pick it up and take it to the vet- you know, be the cool Bindi Irwin/ Diego dad. 

The funny and strange thing was, that when Joe did get home in the afternoon, just as he got out of the car and Elly was telling him about our 'new pet'- over the veranda, the pigeon all of a sudden flew on to the veranda railing and off it went as Joe, El and Noah watched him fly away... just like that.

I missed the whole thing, and couldn't believe it just flew away after just sitting there the whole day! Now, being the superstitious little El Savadorian that I am (Yes, I totally blame my culture for this trait), I'm left wondering what was the deal with this little pigeon's visit? And why did it leave as soon as Joe got home? Do do do doo...do do do doo... (a little suspense tune, couldn't help myself :). So I decided to just think of it as a little guardian pigeon. But I'm hoping that it doesn't come back, because that would just freak me out... a little.