Hummingbird Emergency

Hummingbird Emergency
Originally uploaded by nekosoft

The other night when I came home, this Magnificent Hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens) was trapped in my house. He had come in though an open window at ground level and was buzzing around the higher windows tapping his tiny beak against them.

I coaxed him into a room with windows with removable screens, but he still wasn't figuring things out, preferring to sit on my light fixtures.

I persuaded him to land on a broom and then maneuvered the broom outside, where he flitted away.