Little Albus

I have always wanted to see a wild hummingbird up close. Last week, I got to hold one in my hands.

Ben & I found a tiny, stunned hummingbird lying on the garage floor the other day. It looked like he had gotten trapped in the garage, then nearly knocked himself out by trying to fly thru the glass window pane. I put a pair of garden gloves on, but he was so small that I was afraid to pick him up for fear of crushing him. So we slid the little guy onto a piece of paper and carried him to the safety of our garden where he could recover beneath my bleeding heart bush.

I, of course, took pictures. He held very still for the pictures. I think he thought I was going to eat him.