We want to give a big thanks to everyone who submitted stories of quirky coworkers in our last Share & Win! contest. It was a tough decision, but after reading over all the entries, we have declared a winner: Congratulations to Beverly Carrington, whose story includes an animal-loving coworker who turned her office into a rescue shelter.

Quirky coworkers definitely help make our days at work more interesting — here’s Beverly’s entry of an eccentric employee who takes the “birds of a feather” expression a little too seriously:

“My coworker is an animal lover and sometimes she picks up strays. One particular day I heard something in her cubicle, so I went to investigate. She picked up a baby bird that had fallen from its nest from a tree in her yard that morning before she came to work. She put the bird in a shoe box with a blanket to keep it warm, and during the day she caught crickets, broke their legs and fed the little bird. I couldn’t believe it. She also calls her home phone on a daily basis and talks to her answering machine so that her dogs can hear her voice. For example, I once heard her say, “Scooter, how is my baby, how is my baby doing? Red, are you being a good boy? Snowball, how is my precious baby? Mama will be home soon, Mama loves you.”

And we’re sure those little pooches love their mama right back. Beverly will walk away with a $300 American Express gift card to buy her coworker a luxury birdhouse or some gourmet dog biscuits.

• Don’t forget to check out our latest Share & Win contest: Design your own Afterthoughts ecard.

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