It started with a loud thunk. We were sitting at the table having our first cup of coffee when a hummingbird flew into the window. He hit hard. I asked Rick if he had flown away and he said “I don’t think so.” I went outside to see if I could find him. He was lying the in the tall grass with his neck at an odd angle but his little eyes were blinking. I carefully scooped him up in my hands and held him. He flicked his wings a few times, then settled back down into my hands. He was watching me, but his long tongue was still sticking out of his beak which I didn’t think was a very good sign.

I sat down on the stairs to the porch and just held him which I’ve done before when a bird has flown into the window and is too stunned to fly. I asked Rick to come out and take a look at him. He took these photos for me.

I held him for about ten minutes and decided he wasn’t looking all that good. I placed him gently on the porch rail and came back inside.

A few minutes went by and when I checked he was still there. When Rick checked about ten minutes after I had come back inside, he was gone! He had recovered enough to fly off! A successful rescue. I would like to think that he is one of the birds now visiting our feeder.

After that exciting start to our day we decided to take the dogs and walk down to Egger’s Pond which is about a mile away. Here are some photos from our walk.

When we got back we moved wood from our stockpile by the shed to indoors on the porch and filled the wood racks to the brim.

We got all of that accomplished before 11:00 a.m. I’d say that all that activity has earned us the right to kick back this afternoon and do not much of anything. Wouldn’t you agree?

Hah! Just now as I was busily typing up this entry sitting at the table by the window, a deer walked right by!

wow, how amazing to hold one of these tiny super-fast little creatures! very special

It sure is rare to hold something that has a heart beating over 1,000 times per minute! Cool hike, and of course great pics.

Wonderful photos of the hummingbird. When I was very young, we lived in a house with large windows where you could see from one side to the other. We had many a bird try to fly through the glass…
Most were saved though not all. Once we began to hang something shiny in the windows, the birds stopped flying into the glass. To this day, I hang a crystal in every window. In my living room, I have a string of antique chandelier crystals hung across the window.
You can see a photo of them in this post.
http://tapestry.typepad.com/a_mingling_of_threads/2006/07/let_the_bloom_b.html

What beautiful country you are fortunate enough to be enjoying Lynne!  The wildflowers are exquisite, the pictures of them just perfect.
I am here in NJ rooting like mad for the complete recovery of the sweet little hummingbird and join you in hoping he is among the crowd at your feeders:)  I notice his throat is more of a “pinkish” than the bright orange/red that we have here in NJ.    Could be just my monitor.
Continue to enjoy every moment of the beauty out there in Colorado.  I hope someday to go to Colorado and see it all for myself:)
Best regards!  Susan