Do Unto the Least of These

 Do Unto the Least of These

Noel Laflin

2-2-2021

A little female Allen's hummingbird flew into the garage today and couldn't find her way out, even with the garage door being wide open. That's how she came in, thus I figured that's how she'd leave.

No. She became confused and determined to stick to the rafters.

So, I placed a feeder at the end of an eight foot long fruit picking pole, climbed atop the workbench and held the feeder up to where she could see it.

As hummingbirds are attracted to both the colors red and yellow, I thought she might go for it, and she did.

Once she landed on the feeder and began to drink, I slowly lowered the long pole down and gingerly climbed off the workbench. She stayed in place long enough to see the open daylight and make her getaway.

At one point our faces were just inches from one another. They are so amazing from that perspective.

When I was eleven I joined the Boy Scouts, and one of the first things you need to memorize, as well as put into practice, is the Scout slogan: Do a Good Turn Daily.

They never said how big the receiver of said good deed had to be. I wonder if they envisioned hummingbirds?