Only you know whether it was worth it Pat. Trapped starlings and three-legged, one-eared cats have a staunch friend in you.
I think I am with Dog though. I'm not sure that in the great scheme of things I would regard the life of one starling as being worth a serious decorating job. I might feel a bit guilty, but I don't think I'd knock a brick out of the sitting room wall to avoid feeling a bit guilty. I'm pretty used to it after all.
After the bird fell silent, I might tell myself that it had probably climbed back up the chimney and flown away. Morally reprehensible, if one were St Francis of Assisi. But practical.
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