Hummingbird fly away

How beautiful are these little creatures, so colorful, so fast in flight. It is always a sight to see as they zip about and chirp at each other and then hover beside a bloosom and drink the sweet nectar and then they are gone in a flash. How fragile are their nests and tiny little eggs. I really love hummingbirds and have seen so many in LA and the southwest so imagine my concern last night when I got home late from a cocktail party to find a hummer flying about in the front porch of our apartment and landing on the hanging lamp over and over again. My neighbor said he had been there for a couple days! Poor little guy he couldn't figure out how to fly down under the arch and get out. I couldn't let him die of starvation so I made him some snacks, just kidding, I went upstairs and grabbed a step stool and an umbrella with a vague plan in mind. My plan worked.. sort of. He tried to fly along the wall and finally dropped down on the ground. I went to pick him up and hoped that I didn't give him a heart attack. I walked down the steps with him in my hand as I stroked his soft little feathers and in a few moments he took to the air and flew straight up until he was out of sight. I felt like a Mom for a second as I helped my little one out into the world. sniff sniff, I will miss him. Now I am going to get a feeder so he can come back to visit and I can watch him in the window as I knit little sweaters for his family.