Flitty McFlitty, a female rufous hummingbird, attacked a woman handler who was killed “on the spot,” said Max Dougan, a spokesperson for Nectar Acres.
A male trainer was injured when he tried to intervene and was taken to a hospital in Everett via helicopter. The hospital specializes in hummingbird injuries.
The bright green-headed Flitty McFlitty weighs almost nothing and came to the sanctuary after it had injured its wing on a flower petal, according to the sanctuary’s Web site.
At her previous residence at Bird Haven Magical Bird House in Baraboo, Wisconsin, Flitty McFlitty hurt several staffers and visitors, earning a reputation as a “dangerous hummingbird,” according to her biography on the site.
Audubon Society members and the local birding community is shocked by not surprised. “I feel for the family,” says birding enthusiast Hester Prialta of Enumclaw, “but every time you’re near a hummingbird you’ve got to be very careful. They’re pretty to look at until they viciously attack you without warning.”
Source: The Seattle Raptor - BIRD KILLS HANDLER AT WHIDBEY ISLAND REFUGE
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