Light as a Feather - Small as a Golf Ball

Light as a Feather - Small as a Golf Ball

Noel Laflin

4-8-18

My neighbor Sharon showed up in my garage last Tuesday, wondering if I could check on a baby hummingbird for which she had been caring.

She had wisely placed the injured kid in an open shoe box so the mother could sail down to feed him, which she did every 20 minutes or so.

Determining that his wing was not working right, and knowing that the mother would eventually stop the care, and after a crow swooped down and nearly grabbed him (yes there was drama in Sharon's little oasis as the clever lad hid under a leaf and did not make a peep), we successfully got him to a wildlife refuge center in Huntington Beach yesterday.

We won't know if he'll ever fly - but he's in a nice cage with another injured baby hummer and being tended to by experts. The folks at the Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center have been giving Sharon updates.

A mutual friend of ours asked if we were really going to go through all this trouble for something as light as a feather and as small as a golf ball.

Well, yeah ...