Ouch!!

SOOC. This was one stunned little female downy woodpecker. I heard this thud in the kitchen and thought for sure I'd find a dead bird after hitting the window. But she had bounced off the window and rebounded against the covered rocker pulled up close to the window - holding on for dear life! Stayed that way for about 15 minutes - only movement was the eyes. She finally recovered and flew off. She's cut off because I couldn't get below the window ledge without a chance of frightening her and didn't want to upset her even more.

[Rach_who]

Great to hear she recovered.

[Myrna O'Hara]

Awwwwwwwwwwwww glad she seemed OK after a while. We have birds doing that all the time on our two large bay and picture windows.

[Valerie D]

Glad she recovered, and gave you a chance to see her up close.

[Nita]

I am glad that story had a happy ending. It isn't often we get a chance to photograph a bird that is holding still.

[Allison Maltese]

I am so happy that she recovered. It was good of you to back off and let her be. That must have been quite a surprise event.

[Pam]

I am so glad she is ok! Poor thing!!

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Poor thing! We get birds flying into our windows from time to time and they seem to recover. Good that you left her - the stress of handling them doesn't do them any good, does it?
Nicely captured.

[Margaret Tryon]

Oh my...I'm so glad she came to. I've had the exact same thing happen here.

[Lepi]

Aww poor little bird - so glad she managed to fly off. Well captured!