Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: I got to hold a hummingbird recently, 0 by PiggyPoo

PiggyPoo wrote:
How cool, Windy! I had a similar thing happen to me a while back. But this little guy was just out sitting on my walkway. I went to take a couple of pictures, and noticed that it didn't really matter how close I got..it wasn't going to move. So I thought the very same thing, that it was just distressed. I picked it up and held it!! It seemed to just settle right into my hand. I also brought it in the house, just trying to figure out what the heck to do with it. I was going to get it some sugar water, as I had some already made up in the fridge, but didn't want it to get loose in my house. I found a shoe box to put it in, but as soon as I did, I saw it stick it's beak out the side where the lid was not shut tightly. I immediately took it back outside, box and all...lifted the lid and away it flew. Landed on a branch of my Desert Willow tree..sat for a few, then flew away like nothing had happened. While in my house, I was able to grab my camera again, and got this shot.