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      08-09-2011, 10:42 PM   #1148
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We almost learned a lesson the hard way once with a hummingbird. Our garage had a red tag hanging off the manual door release and it attracted a hummingbird. Hummingbirds will only try to fly up when they get trapped, so even though the garage door was open, the bird would not fly out. He would have exhausted himself banging against the ceiling if we had left him there. I finally grabbed a laundry basket and a screen off the window and trapped him against the ceiling with the basket. Then I slid the screen between the basket and the ceiling and he was trapped inside the basket. Getting down off the ladder with both hands holding the basket was no easy task. I took him way out into the yard and let him go. He flew straight up into the nearest tree and finally was able to rest.

Lesson here: Don't leave your garage open with hummingbirds around. Or if you do, don't have anything hanging which may look like a flower.
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