"dead" bird

Today at work, some of my coworkers mentioned a dead bird which was sitting of to the side on our sidewalk in front of the store. I ended up being the one who called it in, and I first called it in as a dead bird. A while after, though, I went out to get a look at it myself. As I approached, the beak moved. I wasn't sure if perhaps the wind was blowing it, so I got closer. I was most definitely alive, but crippled in some sort of way. It was sitting in the sunlight, and had been for quite some time. I toed it into the shade, not thinking about the danger of the West Nile virus. Of course, I'm not sure I'm even putting myself at risk by pushing the bird with the toe of my shoe, but the thought passed my mind. After I'd put it in the shade, I went inside and called animal control. There was a message, which at the very end referred me to the non-emergency police line. I called there, and they said they'd send out an animal control officer. So, I hope I don't get West Nile, but I doubt that's what was even wrong with the bird; there really haven't been any occurrences here.