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Mistafopa
02-05-2005, 06:21 PM
There's a hummingbird that built a nest outside my tree.

She's been a good neighbord. Keeps good hours and doesn't play music too loud.

Now it's getting all windy and stormy and stuff.

The tree is only about 4 years old, it's about 20 feet tall, but the wind whips it around pretty good.


There's probably something I could do like tie the tree down or something. Or maybe just less direct in being helpful, put up a feeder. Should I intervene and risk making it worse or try to help the gal out?
Nixon
02-05-2005, 06:53 PM
Leaving a feeder somewhere nearby couldn't hurt.

Just make sure you change it out every few days, or it will ferment and you'll have some drunk hummingbirds.
Redneck 2000
02-05-2005, 06:54 PM
Drunk hummingbirds, eh? *rubs chin*
Valkysas
02-05-2005, 07:24 PM
getting drunk off eating drunk hummingbirds, eh? *rubs chin*

I say help her out in any way possible.
MasterSlowPoke
02-06-2005, 02:45 PM
Just tying the tree at equal angles anchored equidistant from the tree should help it be more stable.
Mistafopa
02-08-2005, 07:32 PM
I've decided I'm gonna put up a little catch net for the egg[s] in the spring and a little feeder in the yard.
Mistafopa
02-15-2005, 04:39 PM
I got a feeder, put up a net.

She has a little baby now.

It's so tiny. Sleeps all the time, but I see it being fed sometimes.

http://mistafopa.com/images/heresheis.jpg
RPGD
02-15-2005, 04:46 PM
At's-a whaddya call a cute.

Newborn hummingbirds are certainly miniscule, so to speak. Five of them could fit in a teaspoon, more or less.
Nixon
02-15-2005, 05:09 PM
That's really adorable. I'm glad you were there to help her out, and I'm sure she will provide you with some interesting entertainment in the months to come.
SirTMagus
02-15-2005, 05:12 PM
I wanna eat it.
Nixon
02-15-2005, 05:18 PM
Dude, it's nothing but hollow bones and feathers... go eat at taco bell if you want that.
Caciss
02-15-2005, 05:59 PM
But Taco Bells halo bones and feathers aren't fresh!
Funk
02-15-2005, 06:30 PM
Ray Charles can hear your hummingbird. Its heart just skipped a beat.
SirTMagus
02-15-2005, 06:36 PM
That bird has beautiful wrists.
John Mora
02-15-2005, 06:38 PM
Gotta love a bird with slender wrists.
RPGD
02-15-2005, 07:19 PM
Come now, Fopa's serious about his little hummingbird neighbor.

By the by, how's she been eating?
Mistafopa
02-17-2005, 07:40 PM
http://mistafopa.com/images/lotsofbabies.jpg
Gustaff 13
02-17-2005, 07:51 PM
Cuuuute.
This is a side of Mistafopa I'm not familiar with.

Edit - Actually I can't tell what's going on there. Nothing bad, right?
RPGD
02-17-2005, 07:52 PM
Guess that answers my question.

Ooh, look at the contrast.