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Shaman
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Link to original video: https://youtu.be/6K-n58nSR9E





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Good on that guy.



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Good on ya, 'too.

Had one in my garage the other day, but he finally found his way out.

Got a robin that insists on building a nest in the back entry windbreak. If I catch her at it early enough often enough, she gives up and moves it to a better place. Been 2 years in a row. Wonder if it's the same bird?




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Good on that guy.
At about 0:29, "that guy" appears to be Screaming Cockatoo.



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They'll wear themselves out trying to fly out. For some reason they won't fly down and out.
So I remove about 4 a year.





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Doubtful...
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Good on you SC. I love the humming birds that come to my feeder. I just moved here to SE TN and put one up. The birds were shy at first but, now are starting to come around on a regular basis.


Best regards,

Tom


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Coker Creek,TN

I'm about an hour and half south of you of you ever wanna come shoot at my place!





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Thanks for saving her.

They get into our screened porch. I leave the door cracked for the dogs. Ours get so tired that I can just walk up and pluck them off the screen by hand and let them go outside.

Sometime I sit them on the feeder so they can get some energy.

RMD




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Thanks for saving her.

Sometime I sit them on the feeder so they can get some energy.

RMD


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Sometimes They'll sit on my finger and drink from a feeder after I collect one.





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Am I bad for laughing and thinking about those rescue videos where they reintroduce the poor thing back into the wild and not many seconds later it gets pounced on by a predator? Big Grin



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The rabbit escaping the cat to get snatched by an owl is my favorite... Eek





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Great job. I have quite a few around my condo. They come very close to you sometimes.
They have pretty colored chest.
 
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Great job. I have quite a few around my condo. They come very close to you sometimes.
They have pretty colored chest.


Male Ruby Throat.
If you're lucky you can catch their courtship display.





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yay you
 
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Ran across this not to long ago. Kind of relaxing just to watch

 
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Shaman
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Just wow. Eek





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Nice of you to take the effort to rescue the little guy!

I have a few birds (and bats) flying in and out of my shop. Everything seems to find the small hole near the top by the fan. Lucky for me, it is easy for them to find when I stop what I'm doing and turn all the lights off. Now if it would only take the 15 minutes or so for the rattlesnakes and armadillos...



 
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I have to get the errant swift out of the lower garage at times too.





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Originally posted by Jelly:
Ran across this not to long ago. Kind of relaxing just to watch

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Is that a sugar water pump in the video? Smile

We would occasionally get a hummingbird in the garage and they tend to go straight for the ceiling.
I would follow them with a straw broom (extended upward) until they tired and landed on the broom.
Then they would be put outside there they immediately 'flew the coop' and soared skyward.

Would be really neat if one landed on my finger though.


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Yay! Way to go!



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