The Adventure of Peep, the Baby Hummingbird
I came across this little guy peeping away on my lunch break. Long story short, we became friends over sugar water. He grew to love sitting on my hand, and cozied up in my palm a lot. I left him at the park, but this is a Silicon Beach bird, so he belongs in the nicest of places. He wouldn’t let me walk away once, and landed on my shoe. I convinced him to stay. It’s nice in the park. 🙂 It did break my heart that he didn’t want me to leave. I didn’t want to, either.
It was a safe park with minimal foot traffic, and I’d left him in the same are I’d found him. Before I left, I saw him fly up to a low tree branch, so I knew if any danger came around, he’d be able to flutter off.
The vet gave me some good advice to take care of Peep. At his age, he was in the later stages of learning how to fly, and his parents should have been close by. She advised that I take him back, wait a couple of hours, then return, and if he was still there, then I could take him to a local wildlife sanctuary. She gave the name and contact number just in case. In those 2 hours, I’d looked up how to take care of a hummingbird in case I needed to keep him over night in my home before driving him up to the sanctuary.
We’ll be keeping our eyes out for this little cutie pie. 🙂
Peep got into my heart so fast. 🙂 I miss Peep, but I know he’ll be just fine. He is a tiny, but strong little birb.
*updated 1 year later* Every time I’m feeling like life is too much, I think about Peep and smile. If he can be so small and survive, so can I.
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July 13, 2020 @ 6:43 pm
Hummingbirds are my favorite. Your help probably boosted his survival. Thanks so much for helping little peep.
July 6, 2020 @ 9:32 am
So glad we have some people on this planet that care about nature…so sad that so many don’t, one for humans…thanks for helping, wildlife and nature is a gift, wish more people realized that.
July 5, 2020 @ 10:08 pm
You helped little peep when it needed someone. How kind of you.
I love hummingbirds and wished more would come around.
Thank you for your kindness to little peep.
July 5, 2020 @ 11:37 am
Sweet, heart grabbing story about Peep.
Letting go is difficult, but the memories are priceless. ?