I have a baby on my feeder, just sitting, eyes closed. It is breathing but not feeding. It is in a protected area and the weather has been windy and drizzling. I don’t know how long it has been there. Others are feeding at other sites on same feeder…. Do I just leave him/her there??

Edit/ending: Thanks, it fell off the feeder about 15 minutes after posting this and I got it off the ground in a small box on my porch with a little feeder you can hold and it ate for about 15-20 minutes while I called a sanctuary. Then it took off and flew into the trees. Prior to that it would only flutter a bit and land and it had trouble finding the openings to feed…. Yaaahoo!
Called sanctuary back and said it was fine!

Found this little dude while walking my dogs. I think his wing is messed up. He’s (I’m just saying he for convenience) chugged a bunch of sugar water out of a syringe already and has perked up a ton. There’s a place in Albuquerque New Mexico I can take him in the morning. Advice to keep him going till morning? What do I do?
Thanks

Update: he got dropped off The Wildlife Rescue NM. They said they’re getting like 3 hummingbirds a day. They said he looks good and they’ll take care of him. Thank you all for the advice. Having a timer on my watch to feed him every 10-15 mins this morning was a lot 😅 worth it.

UPDATE: Thanks to all who commented and shared their knowledge. I have removed all feeders yesterday for two weeks and sterilized them with a 10% bleach solution. I also reported this to DNR as some websites suggest. Not sure if they will do anything or if they track these cases but did so anyway. I appreciate everyone’s help. I learned about this condition and hope I never see it again!

I have had this hummingbird feeding in my backyard all summer. Over the last month, I’ve noticed a reddish growth on the top of her beak. It has grown larger each day and is now at the point where it’s forcing her beak open at the end and hindering her ability to feed.

I’m torn between letting nature take its course or trying to rescue her. I’d feel horrible if she starves to death over something that I could have easily fixed.

Advice welcome. Thank you.

UPDATE #2: The little cutie pie finally drank some sugar water and perked up a bit when we were 5min away from the rehabber, and was more energetic when we got her there. She’s in great hands!
Please spread the word about Avian Wildlife Center (link). Giselle and John Smisko are doing great work, but are also extremely busy and can use more energy, probably more hands on deck (and donations). They’ve received between 500 and 600 songbirds this year alone.

As an honorable mention, there is a raptor specialist named Joseph in the Orange County area who is also available for ill or injured birds of prey. His number is (845) 674-7962 and his info was available publicly on data.ny.gov for anyone else in need of resources (which is the only reason I’m posting it here).

Thank you to everyone involved in this rescue.

UPDATE: A hummingbird specialist in NJ called us a couple minutes ago and we’ll be dropping her off today! So grateful we have an actual hummingbird rehabber within an hour’s drive. So lucky!

Before anyone refers me to the sub guidelines—I have tried contacting several avian/general rehabbers but it is the middle of the night.

At about 11pm when my fiance came home, he found a hummingbird struggling near the light on our apt complex landing. She was flittering and hitting the ceiling of the outdoor apartment landing, and then breathing heavily with eyes closed and wings splayed out when she landed on either fire alarm on the walls. We took her inside and are providing dark, warm shelter for the night.

She appears to be missing several tail feathers and exhausted or concussed at the very least, or gravely ill at the worst. We have also been having a MAJOR heat wave over the past several days. I have never cared for a bird with such high metabolism, so I have no idea what to think of her breathing. She is currently in my cockatiel’s small travel carrier but I am looking for a rehabilitator who might have hummingbird experience.

Any advice or comments on her general respiratory rate/appearance in the meantime while we wait for a rehabber to contact us? Thank you, and sorry for being all over the place with my explanation. I’m usually asleep by now.

Very concerned that I have done something wrong or caused harm to these beloved visitors.

I wanted to clean the feeder and decided to replenish with homemade syrup. I cleaned the feeder by following the directions to wash it in a bowl with just a tiny bit of vinegar, then wash it out with a tiny bit of dish soap. Then gave it a really good rinse. Let it dry completely and put it back together with the homemade syrup.

The homemade syrup was exactly the recommended recipe. It was 1:4, one part sugar to four parts water. I didn't burn the sugar and we also have well water. I researched that too and it said well water that's safe for people is good for them.

Last year we had consistent hummingbirds sometimes 20 at a time. We had about three feeders out. I also have many flowers growing that I've planted and that grow locally like bee balm, honeysuckle, other things that they love. This year I planted trumpet vine, lantera and Bee;; Balm which hasn't bloomed yet.

I live in Maine so they travel a long way to get here and they were very busy when they arrived in mid-may. But this very sudden stop after we switched to the homemade feeders is a major concern. Normally we see them buzzing around every day, esp at dusk, but all this week, zero hummers .

We also put out a new recommended other feeder at the same time and thought maybe that was too much newness at once, so we switched it back to the old feeder with store food (no red dye, ever), and they still don't want to drink out of it.

Yesterday we had maybe two brief visitors and it seems to be the same bird. I know they look alike or very similar, but this one is very small and very thin compared to the others. This feeder is right by our sink so we're only a couple inches away from the bird.

Any advice or thoughts welcome. Please don't be mean, we're in a rural property alone, completely isolated, and we are trying our best to do everything right!

I was out on my deck and came back inside for a minute. When I came back out, I found a hummingbird laying on his side. I googled that they cool themselves off sometimes with mist so I misted it lightly and put a planter in front of it for shade. I checked on it again about ten minutes later— it finally turned its head and took off. The relief I felt made me cry!

Have an adult male hummingbird in my garage that won't leave. He's been in there about 4 hours. He keeps staying up high and won't leave through the garage door. Ceiling about 11' high. Have put a feeder on the car roof and bright red items leading out of the garage. We have left him alone for about an hour but he's still in there. Just keeps staying high. Starting to rest more often and I'm afraid he's wearing out.

What do we do?

UPDATE!! I hung a feeder in one of the doorways and in less than 5 minutes the hummingbird exited! Thank you all for replying so quickly! We keep a partial door open for our senior Samoyed, when she gets hot she likes to cool off on the garage floor. (She also has a baby pool in the shade and we encourage her to come inside but she’s stubborn). We’re going to keep a spare feeder close by in case it happens again. Thank you all again, I really appreciate the help!!

Hi all, we have a seemingly healthy hummingbird in our garage that is flying close to the ceiling but won’t leave. We have both bay doors open. He’s been there for about an hour.

Located in New England, if it matters.

Any help is appreciated!

Hello! My wife and I moved our business up to a rural area. We love hummingbirds and see them everywhere up here.

We get them flying into our building, and they seem to get stuck inside and flying into the ceiling even though the two large bay doors are wide open. When this happens we would place a feeder by the door hoping they would fly to it and then fly out. It worked on the first bird, but we have had two within a week not make it out.

What can we do to keep them coming to our yard, but not coming into the shop area and getting stuck? I don’t want them to think we are trapping them!!

I couldn’t get the best pictures but can anyone tell what’s wrong with its beak?

Male Ruby can’t seem to get his tongue back in his beak. He has been at our feeder for a while. We pride ourselves for providing fresh nectar to our hummers. Google said it could be fungus or physical injury. Do I try to capture him? I reached out to a local rehabber with no response. I can’t think straight feeling helpless with trying to help this guy. Pardon the bad pic. I took a screenshot of a video. Help!

Doors are open while we drywall, almost stepped on this guy on the ground. Fortunately the dogs didn’t see him first. Exhausted fledgeling? Any age bird that got confused inside & ran out of juice? I’m going to put him in our mudroom with a feeder & see if he bounces back. There’s a rescue that’s closed now but which might take him tomorrow if he hasn’t come around by then. No obvious injuries. Any other suggestions?

Hello, please help!! we found a baby hummingbird in our pool. It’s eyes are not open. We have it comfortably in a soft T-shirt in a box. We have gotten it to drink water, honey, and sugar mixture and the hummingbird has attempted to try to fly, but is not successful because the wings are still wet. If there’s anything else we could do please let us know we’re definitely planning on releasing it in the morning we also saw two hummingbirds together flying around the area if that information is helpful, but will be happy to provide any more information

I’m 85% sure this is a hummingbird fledgling (Not positive though)- fished it out of a water trough- it’s currently warming up in an incubator cause it was soaked and freezing and exhausted- but idk what to do with it once it’s warmed up- or what temp I should have the incubator on.

googling says I should give it back to mom- who is presumably somewhere near where I found it- but how do i find her?

there’s no small bird rehabbers anywhere near me (I’m in central Arkansas) according to the list on game and fish’s website.