AWESOME!!! Sorry, I do not have an answer for you but that is the same bird I reported in my yard in Elyria on Saturday May 25th. Did you notice that it would fly and then drop periodically, as if weighted down? That is what it appeared to do a couple times in my wildflowers. It did, I believe successfully, briefly drink from my feeder, but was quickly run off by a male. Thanks for the photos!! The bee is positioned closer to the tip than it previously was in May. It appears she is doing well since it has been carrying that bee for at least a month and a half, which is certainly good news! I just wondered if it was impaled or somehow glued to its top bill. Keep us posted! Thanks, Greg ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]