Protecting Hummingbird Chicks
On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 07:32:12 -0700, "David E. Ross"
wrote:
On 6/22/2016 9:09 PM, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
"Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney" wrote in message ...
Got 2 of the little nuggets poking their heads out of a next. I notice a wandering housecat under the tree today. I'm trying to watch and keep running it off as much as I can.
Question.... the nest is on a thin branch that won't hold the cat's weight and is out of it's reach. If they fly off, all is good. But I don't know anything about hummingbirds.... Anything I can do to keep the cat away in case the land on the ground? I thought about red pepper, but that might not be good for the birds.
Any advice appreciated. Will upload a photo of the birds in the nest to tinypic later tonight.
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Well, the cat worrying is over. Last night they were in the next as usual. This morning mama and the 2 chicks were no were to be seen. No feathers in the yard so that's a good sign.
By the way, they were in a NEST, not a next. At first, I thought that
were merely a typo; but when you repeated it, I realized a correction
was needed.
Truly the blind leading the blind! LOL
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