The Rescue and Flight of Dr. Theussical

He joined our creature family and became the best feathered friend I ever had

Dr. Theussical and me — Photo by Whitney Soenksen

There was a horrific thunderstorm in New Orleans the spring night that Dr. Theussical fell from his home. The fall was twenty feet down from a nest built inside a rain gutter. He survived by landing in the soil of a potted palm tree on our back patio. My girlfriend…