I noticed her just sitting on a window eave, and she didn't fly off when I got closer. Weird for a hummingbird, right?
So I checked it out, and when I got there I noticed that her wings, beak, and body were all wrapped in a spider web. Not that a spider did that - I think she did it to herself struggling once she got partly caught in the web. I reached out and as gently as I could and got a hold of her and very gently unwound the webs. These guys are so tiny! I could feel her little heart beating and everything.
The coolest part was letting her go. She sat there for a minute in my open hand, looking around, bobbing up and down, making these little squeaking noises. Then after a bit (like 30 seconds maybe?) she spread her little wings, almost to test them out or something, pulled them back in, and then ZOOOM she was off.
Cool, huh?
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That's awesome! I would have been scared to pick her up.
Wow..that is so cool! Hooray for saving the hummingbird! :)
Wicked cool! Not surprised you could feel the heartbeat. Hummingbirds have a heart rate of *nerd cap on* "250 beats/min resting, 1200 beats/min feeding." Wonder what its lactate threshold is? ;) *nerd cap off*
Good for you for saving it and even cooler that it stayed in your hand for that long after you detangled its body.
Oh, that is so great! You saved her life:) Thanks for doing the right thing and taking a little time to be kind to another living thing!
You were in the right place at the right time for that sweet hummingbird. I feel good karma is all around you now!
Woah, that is awesome! I always forget how small those things are until I see one and think it's a big bug or something.
This is a great story. Thanks for sharing. Hummingbirds don't live around my area.
That is soooo cool, my girls would have loved it they are into everything outside right now birds and bugs especially...
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Thanks for saving the little birds. I am an animalist. I have just put 2 bat boxes under the roof of my house, if you want the bat-adoptions will be easy and without many formalities!
awesome, doesn't it feel good. way to go
very cool.
So cool! That is a once in a lifetime.
That is pretty darn cool
Wow, that must have been some spider web to catch a bird. Glad you were able to free it!
So cool! Humingbirds are such amazing creatures.
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