Sunday, January 6, 2013

#3 of Top 7 blog posts of 2012 --Everyone needs a hug sometime



Everyone needs a hug sometimes—even hummingbirds.   

One October Saturday our high temperature was in the mid 50s and a cold north wind chilled the bone.  My husband found this hummingbird lying and shivering on the ground under our feeder.  After my husband gently held the bird for a few minutes (a hug for a hummingbird), he opened his hand.  The hummer darted off.  We hope this straggler hummingbird makes her way south to warmer weather.  Fly, little bird, fly.  

January update--we hope our little hummingbird made it safely to Central America where she could stay warm and healthy until springtime brings her back north to our hummingbird feeder.  

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