Hummingbirds are a whole lot easier than LBBs (little brown birds) which are infamous in some birding circles.
Might be that bird your wife had to rescue was the same one, figured out where to get a nice meal by itself.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
