Today we were successful at capturing our poor, sick little male Anna's at our
feeder. He's gotten just sick enough, I guess (he has landed a couple of times
on the ground) that he wasn't able to fly back to our crabapple tree before my
husband gently slipped a large, paper grocery bag up around the feeder and was
able to catch the bird. He covered the bag with a small towel to keep it very
dark, since the bird was fluttering a lot in the bag. The bird was quiet, then,
till we were able to get it in to the Wildlife Care Center at Audubon. We
handed the hummer off to those highly skilled and caring workers at Audubon. We
now hope for the best! I'll call in a few days to see how our bird is doing...
PS: We have taken our feeder down to thoroughly bleach clean it, as this fungal
infection is quite contagious. I hope none of our other hummingbirds get sick!
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