Recently rescued a hummer with a bee impaled and stuck on their beak.

I wish I could've taken footage but there was no time or opportunity to.

I'm +5 years in feeding hummers and this is the first time I ever encountered a hummingbird with a bee impaled through their beak.

Clearly the hummer could not remove it and it was evident it's been quite some time as the hummingbird was showing typical symptoms of starvation/dehydration.

But in a way, its fatigueness was a blessing* in disguise, as I was able to snatch it without much effort from where it was perching on a feeder. I had witnessed rehabilitators cusp hummers in the past so I imitated the way they did it to avoid hurting them in the process.

Now, there was no way I would've been able to remove the dead bee from its beak by myself as it was using its adrenaline to escape from both my hands. It had actually had already escaped the first time I grasped it, but it would go back to the feeder to rest. This time around, I needed a 3rd hand and I had my mother alongside me so she helped remove the bee remains from the beak.

It actually was really hard to remove as pulling the corpse was pulling the hummingbird's head and neck too. So instead, we just removed the bee's corpse little by little until it was all gone. I opened my hand and it flew off into the distance near our avocado tree.

I've saved multiple hummers through the +5 years feeding them and this was truly one of the most unique and remarkable incidents I've encountered. I've read about this type of incident before but it's apparently incredibly rare. Usually, the hummer unsuspectingly inserts its beak in a flower with a bee in it or impacts it mid-flight.

Hopefully, this gives others an idea of what can be done if they ever run into such a rare incident like this.