Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: urgent help needed sick hbird, 0 by DreamOfSpring

DreamOfSpring wrote:
Here is the photo I took [from behind] of the poor little fella before I realized that he was sick. At 1st I was just so happy for the chance to get a close photo. Then when he didn't fly away, I realized something wasn't right. After that I noticed that his peak was pointed up in the air - as you can see in the photo. (Also note how ruffled his feather are.)

When I walked around to see him from the side view, he still did not try to fly away. Then I saw that his beak was open and he seemed to be gasping for air. Once I realized he was in distress I wouldn't dream of taking his picture again. If you look closely in the photo you can see his tongue sticking out of his beak. He was like that for most of the next hour or so until he died.

After I took him inside and fed him by putting a tablespoon of nectar close enough to his beak to allow him to reach it with his tongue, he seemed to perk up a bit. He stopped gasping for air, and even closed his beak and withdrew his tongue. But, alas, he still did not make it.

Thank you each very, very much for your comforting words.