Bird rescue

I was sitting at my computer in our office when I saw a hummingbird at the birdfeeder.

A second later a Gila Woodpecker landed on top of him - whether it was intentional or not I have no idea.

However, he left the hummingbird hanging by a wing and I thought he was dead.

I went out to take him off the feeder but by the time I got there he was on the ground and actually moving a bit. So I took him inside, Michael got a shoebox and picked some flowers which we could dip in to sugar water and feed him.

His left leg did not appear to function properly but his wings seemed fine.

We fed him several times before going out to celebrate New Year's Eve at Skyline Country Club with George and Marj & friends, Marty and Arlene. Had a wonderful dinner then Marj served us wonderful desserts back at their home while we waited for midnight.

When we returned home we checked up on the hummingbird and he was asleep.






A bit later I went to check up on him and he was alert and moving around well. His left leg seemed fine. I called Michael (Orthopedic Surgeon to the birds) and we opened up the box again. The hummer tried to fly out so we took the box outside where we opened it up and let him fly out. He landed on our house for a brief period then took off!

The whole event was very rewarding.