Came home from shopping to find this little White-naped Honeyeater lying on a glass table underneath our vine-covered pergola.
Eyes shut, and obviously had flown into the window above the table.
It was very still, but breathing, so I adopted a "wait & see" policy and did not touch it.
After several long minutes it moved, then righted itself and sat for another few minutes before flying up into the vine.
Much relief from me.
The surprising thing was that it perched quite normally for another few minutes and then dropped into the position in the photo.
It stayed there long enough for me to get the camera, take a shot, and watch it for a good 10 minutes, when it righted itself to a normal perch position.
Eventually I decided it must be OK and took the camera inside. On returning, it had gone, hopefully recovered.
I am surmising that the upside-down bit was disorientation?
Or perhaps wise enough to think that blood running to the head aided recovery?
Interesting either way.