Our post lady rang our bell a while ago to tell us a hummingbird baby was on our front walkway. Because it looked so still I thought it was dead at first, but this little one is still very much alive, and actually opening its mouth and trying to flutter its wings. I moved it up to the garden area next to the path so it wouldn't get stepped on and tried to feed it some agave liquid. Without an eyedropper that ended up being a sloppy mess. I went back inside, watched a video online about how someone saved a little hummer by feeding it sugar water from an eye dropper and walking it around the plants in her garden. It practiced flying from her hand to her arm and back again. Pretty soon it was in a bush, flying from branch to branch. I improvised with a little squeeze bottle with a sugar water mix and went back outside. The bird let me hold it while it took some sips of the liquid drops I squeezed out. And it seems a bit rejuvenated now. It's moving about on the ground, but … [Read more...]