12-15-2014, 05:09 PM
(12-15-2014, 04:39 PM)Duchess Wrote:
They expend a serious amount of energy, they need an almost constant source of nourishment, if it doesn't get out there and start feeding it will die.
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I put the feeder in front of the garage and hung a big red towel just outside of the garage hoping one or the other would attract it. It's the most confused little bird I've ever seen. It will swoop down a little bit but as it gets close to the open garage door, it hugs the ceiling. Go figure.
Damn Google is awesome. Now I know why it keeps landing on the freaking opener. The article says I should hold a rake up by the garage door opener and it might land on it. Off to the shed....
Enter the Law of Unintended Consequences. The government requires every electric garage door opener to have a release handle so if it becomes stuck, you can pull this handle to manually raise and lower the door. If you step out into your garage and look up, you’ll see that this dangling little handle is, that’s right, RED, and shaped roughly like a trumpet vine flower. You’re already ahead of me, aren’t you?
The unintended consequence of that red handle is that a hummingbird flies by an open garage, sees a little red “flower” inside, and zips in to investigate. Upon finding they can’t stick their tongues inside that plastic handle for some nectar, most turn around and leave. But a surprising number make a fatal error—they fly up. Regardless of the reason, once they get it in their heads that “up” is the only way out, they refuse to fly through the open door.
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