Originally posted by Riggomatic Helping is always the right choice! Well done!
No doubt this was the right choice. Simple. There's no rule that hummers have to die.
There are situations where the choice is more difficult. Our wildlife rescue services get hundreds of calls about young birds that are found on the ground during nesting season. We've found young Galahs, Eastern Rosellas and other birds on the ground. The usual advice is that if they have all their feathers, get them out of any immediate danger (cars, cats, etc) but leave the bird where it is, as the parents are likely to be feeding it and encouraging it to fly.
Originally posted by jacamar Newfoundland is the place to be if you want European vagrants. They attract birders from miles around, but it's a matter of opinion as to whether they are "rare and exotic" or "lost and confused"!
The equivalent in Australia are those places in the tropics where vagrants from Asian species turn up (the Kimberley coast, Top End, Cape York, and particularly Ashmore Reef and Christmas Island). They get a lot of birders looking for "lifer" ticks on their list. Species from New Zealand and the Pacific Islands sometimes turn up on the east coast, but the traffic is more the other way because of the prevailing winds. There are a number of NZ species that are thought to have originated in Australia, having crossed 4000kms of open ocean.