![]() ![]() Hummingbirds don't usually carry parasites, but wash your hands afterward anyway. It may lie still in your hand for several minutes, or it may leave immediately. After it drinks, or refuses to drink, open your hands, and when the bird reorients itself, it will fly away - probably straight up. Offer the bird a drink by holding it close to the feeder, but don't try to force it. Have an assistant open the door, and carry the hummer away from the garage. Turn on your flashlight, find the bird, and scoop it upgently in your cupped bare hands. Hummingbirds have poor night vision and don't like to fly in the dark, and the bird will flutter gently to the floor. When the hummer flies over a clear section of the floor, turn off the light. If the hummer isn't gone within 10 minutes or so, turn on the inside garage light, close the overhead door, and get a flashlight. But this doesn't always work, and you shouldn't waste too much time - the bird's clock is ticking. Sometimes this will bring a hungry bird to feed, and it may fly off in the correct direction when it's finished. What to do?įirst, keep pets and kids away so they won't make the bird more anxious, and try hanging your most popular feeder in the door opening and stand back. In an hour, a trapped and exhausted hummingbird can starve to death. But hummers aren't particularly analytical and don't have a natural concept of ceilings, and when they get scared their immediate reflex is to fly straight up, which only compounds the problem. Unfortunately, to a hummingbird they look a lot like trumpet creeper flowers, one of their favorites, and they fly in to investigate. The government insists that all garage doors have red emergency release handles. There's a hummingbird trapped in my garage! There's also a good moth article from the Missouri Department of Conservation here.Ĭlick the photo to see a movie of a moth. ![]() Here's a great reference website, Butterflies and Moths of North Americas. Many of them are active during the day, instead of being nocturnal like most moths. These large insects comprise dozens of species of varying coloration and size, but their flight and feeding patterns are quite similar to those of hummingbirds. ![]() If you're having trouble identifying a hovering, hummer-like animal - especially if it has yellow near its tail, or if it has antennae - it is probably a hawk, clearwing, or sphinx moth. Look here for answers to your hummingbird questions. ![]()
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