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Dec 6, 2011 11:40 AM CST
Name: Toni
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gingin said:When my DD moved back to the Atlanta area, for some reason she had a hummer that kept getting in her garage. About 6-7 months pregnant she'd climb a ladder to rescue it...everyday for a week Blinking It is really awsome to hold a hummer in your hand...I have had to rescue several that have flown into and gotten caught in the screen of our screen room....do you push on the beak or pull on the body? Happily most managed to get free, but I did have to pull one out.


When I was a teenager & we had tons of hummers where I grew up, we had a free-roaming cat that lived inside/out & he would catch hummers & bring them to me.. usually half-naked. He never physically hurt them, just pluck them half bald. Poor things. And the one time we got one stuck in the screen door I went outside, cupped the body very gently, and snipped the screen where the beak was caught w/sewing scissors (made a teeny hole). Birdie flew away, no problems. But I have seen them frozen on the window screens if a early freeze came through before they'd all left.. Sad Those & bats were constantly get caught in the cold.
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