A hummingbird

[Bidin~Time]

flew in my house today, through an open door. It came to rest upon an arrangement of dried flowers. There we were able to net it and take it back outside, where it sat for a few minutes then went back about the business of being a hummingbird.

 

[aburner]

WOW!

What an absolutely scintillating tale! Think I'll go read another dead Byron thread now.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

Hummingbirds are fascinating and can get quite tame.

 

[Bidin~Time]

flew in my house today, through an open door. It came to rest upon an arrangement of dried flowers. There we were able to net it and take it back outside, where it sat for a few minutes then went back about the business of being a hummingbird.

WOW!

What an absolutely scintillating tale! Think I'll go read another dead Byron thread now.

Proving yet, again, we should be careful what we bitch about.

 

[Bidin~Time]

Hummingbirds are fascinating and can get quite tame.

This little perfect creature was mesmerizing in size, color and motion.

 

[Christobal]

I have Carolina Wrens nesting in my veranda for the last ten years. They also come in my home. I leave them alone and they come home. No need to help them.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I would have just cut some fresh flowers and laid a trail back to the door.

At least their shit is tiny.

I stopped letting the parakeet out of the cage because all she did was eat the woodwork and shit all over the house.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

On another note, this time of year, they are not visiting the feeder, yet I see them zipping around the forest at the edges of our little 'Blue Heaven."



What I need is a Whippoorwill...

 

[Lancecastor]

I saw a butterfly yesterday.

And a hummingbird.

And a finch.

And a squirrel.

Neither of which flew in my windows.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

None of which...

 

[toubab]

flew in my house today, through an open door. It came to rest upon an arrangement of dried flowers. There we were able to net it and take it back outside, where it sat for a few minutes then went back about the business of being a hummingbird.

This is a New World problem. But I'm wondering what the hummingbird thought when it discovered your flowers were dried.

 

[butters]

This is a New World problem. But I'm wondering what the hummingbird thought when it discovered your flowers were dried.

cheated. definitely cheated.

 

[toubab]

cheated. definitely cheated.

And now I'm thinking if you move over here you'll get to see your first hummingbird. They are remarkable little creatures.

 

[KarenB59]

I haven't seen many hummingbirds yet this year. I did see yesterday however, a white turkey, a deer jumping over a fence and two huge hogs walking down the middle of the road.

Hummingbirds are fascinating to watch. They can be quite the little bullies.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I'm just amazed that Bidin~Time had the foresight to have hummingbird nets in her house!

 

[trysail]

flew in my house today, through an open door. It came to rest upon an arrangement of dried flowers. There we were able to net it and take it back outside, where it sat for a few minutes then went back about the business of being a hummingbird.

This little perfect creature was mesmerizing in size, color and motion.

I'm delighted yet amazed that you had the proper net needed to capture the bird.

Whenever a hummingbird enters my peripheral vision, I am initially alarmed and frightened. My first reaction is always that I'm under attack by a gargantuan bee. It's only after a few moments that I realize it's a hummingbird.

They are fascinating creatures. They have an astonishing ability to regulate their metabolism that allows them to sleep in the cold without freezing to death.



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[pensivepoet]

I have Carolina Wrens nesting in my veranda for the last ten years. They also come in my home. I leave them alone and they come home. No need to help them.

I love carolina wrens but they're thieves. They'll steal the craziest shit to make a nest.
Once, I had a rattlesnakes rattle on the porch from one I had just killed.
The damn wren took it for the nest. But after the babies were gone, I got it back.

 

[hoo_hoo_boo]

flew in my house today, through an open door. It came to rest upon an arrangement of dried flowers. There we were able to net it and take it back outside, where it sat for a few minutes then went back about the business of being a hummingbird.

It's not just humming birds that fly in houses. I flew in mine night before last. The wind picked it up and lucky the chains were there to drop it back into place. In the morning I saw where the plumbing ripped at the sand as the house flew. I don't think I like storms.

 

[butters]

And now I'm thinking when you move over here you'll get to see your first hummingbird. They are remarkable little creatures.

fyp

and yeah, H & his ma'am have feeders which the hummers visit every year, right outside the window, so great views even from indoors. can't wait to meet all the flora and fauna

 

[toubab]

fyp

and yeah, H & his ma'am have feeders which the hummers visit every year, right outside the window, so great views even from indoors. can't wait to meet all the flora and fauna

We have the same. The hummers are the most remarkable birds. You're going to be amazed. I still am, after all these years of watching them. They are incredible.

 

[ToysAreUs]

I have about a dozen resident Anna's Hummers but for the last four days, a pair of Rufous Hummers have been visiting my feeder.

Have had a pair of Bewick's Wrens nest in a box out front two of three years in a row: this year they nested somewhere out back and their kids fledged last week.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

This winter the Calliope h'birds stuck around.....climate change.

 

[pink]

Better a Hummingbird than a Bat.

 

[phrodeau]

Hmmm.

 

[pensivepoet]

Hmmm.

They really more bzzzzz or whrrrrrr than hmmm