On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, Peggi & Ben Rodgers wrote:

> Birds, especially hatchlings, require higher temperatures to provide the
> warmth and will become hypothermic amazingly fast.

Tweets,

Janet and I were in Costa Rica, a couple of weeks ago at the Arenal
(volcano) Observatory Lodge. It was cool and rainy. Janet found a
hummingbird lying on the cold cement near our quarters. We were just
checking out, but I held it loosely in one hand to warm it. Janet got
some hot water and put sugar in it. The little critter opened it's deeply
curved bill and took some of the nourishment. We continued to load our
vehicle, preparing for departure, me working with one hand. On our final
trip to the car we were saying to ourselves, "What do we do with it?"

Just a few steps from the 4 x 4 it fluttered in my palm and burst into the
air, flying away!

We were thrilled. I opened the Costa Rica birdbook and saw that it was a
White-tipped Sicklebill. While talking about it the next day at
Monteverde to Victorino Molina, an expert guide there, he said it was
rather rare and only lived in that area. Another of the Monteverde
experts still hadn't seen one.

Anyway, we probably didn't *handle* it right, but there seemed to be a
happy ending.

Dan Victor, Seattle, WA <dvictor at u.washington.edu>
Web = http://weber.u.washington.edu/~dvictor/dan.html

ps. I hope to post more details on our CR trip later today (?)