What kind of bird did I see?
by Mary King
(Gary, IN USA)
In the northern part of Indiana my mother and I saw a little bitty bird sitting on the side walk. He would not move as we approached it and she wheeled her walker within one inch of it. However, it was alive. It would turn its head, but not walk away or fly away. It was glittery green/iridescence approximately 1 1/2 to 2 inches long with an approximately 1 1/2 inch long really needle like peak. The head was bigger than the body and looked as if it was one piece (head and body). There were no visible distinction lines between body and wings (could not determine if there were wings). The big head tapered down to a sloping short body (like a sky slope). I could not see feet. It could have been a baby something. I looked around for a nest to see if it could have fallen from one. But did not see a nest. Did not have a camera and had to leave it there. Could it have been a hummingbird?