Hummingbird trapped on my back porch

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We get unwilling captive hummingbirds regularly. The best approach we have found is to capture and free them is to use a large collander or strainer to enclose and trap the bird against a flat surface. Then slide a large piece of cardboard under the strainer (the cardboard must be larger than the strainer.) Now you can take the bird outside and free the creature.