I was sitting at breakfast table and enjoying this fabulous autumn and the never ending fights of hummingbirds through my ceiling-to-floor bayed windows. Suddenly, I heard a loud impact on the bayed windows and my first instinct was it might be a bird. Once in a while, we will see birds fly towards windows or they will just hit the break and fly away. This happen more often in hummingbirds than in any other birds since I have a window nectar feeder just right outside my bayed windows. But this time, it was a serious collision and I was sure it would not be a hummingbirds.
Looking around my deck and the bottom of the kitchen windows from where I was sitting then quickly, I spotted a small yellow bird sit on the deck with its eyes closed. I knew this bird could be injured and ran outside to rescue the bird.
When I brought the bird outside to look at him carefully. Now this yellow bird started to open his eyes and stand still on my hand. I took few more pictures. This was my first time so close to a wild bird. Pondering this bird just within few inches of distance, his yellow plumage glows like a handful of gold.
By the time I got a small shoe box ready for him to have a good rest, this young bird came back with a full spirit and blinked his eyes few times and finally took off from my hand. It did not take long to find out he was a young, male Hooded Warbler. During this incidence, I found two very useful sites:
AWARE (Atlanta Wild Animal Rescue Wildlife Center), Atlanta : AwareWildlife.org
Find a Rehabber any where in the 50 states Wildlife Rehabilitation Directory
Or find a Rehabber in Georgia at Georgia Wildlife
By the time I got a small shoe box ready for him to have a good rest, this young bird came back with a full spirit and blinked his eyes few times and finally took off from my hand. It did not take long to find out he was a young, male Hooded Warbler. During this incidence, I found two very useful sites:
AWARE (Atlanta Wild Animal Rescue Wildlife Center), Atlanta : AwareWildlife.org
Find a Rehabber any where in the 50 states Wildlife Rehabilitation Directory
Or find a Rehabber in Georgia at Georgia Wildlife
Happy Birding -- Linda
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