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- May 12, 2007
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- Missouri
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- 2024 Cub Cadet Ultima ZTXS5 54, 2007 John Deere 2520, 1989 John Deere 185, 1960 Panzer T70B
I don't know why, but this summer I have had two instances of hummingbirds stuck in my storage building. It is a pole barn with a truss roof 12 foot eaves and 10 foot tall overhead doors. They fly in through the open door, then can't find their way out because the header of the door is so much lower than the roof.
I have developed the habit of making a pass through the building at the end of the day before closing the doors, just to make sure no cats, dogs, birds, etc., have wandered in.
However, it is VERY hard to get the hummingbirds to leave. Their natural instinct is to fly up, but they just keep running into the roof. I walk back and forth to try to encourage them to go the right direction but it is frustrating. Takes about a half hour each time to wrangle them out.
One actually seemed to pass out from the heat/stress and just fell to the floor. I picked him up and laid him in the grass and he eventually got up and flew away.
I'm afraid if any get stuck in there, they won't survive until the next time I go out, which could be several days, and the temperature in that building regularly gets over 100 when it is closed up.
Wish I knew how to keep them out.
I have developed the habit of making a pass through the building at the end of the day before closing the doors, just to make sure no cats, dogs, birds, etc., have wandered in.
However, it is VERY hard to get the hummingbirds to leave. Their natural instinct is to fly up, but they just keep running into the roof. I walk back and forth to try to encourage them to go the right direction but it is frustrating. Takes about a half hour each time to wrangle them out.
One actually seemed to pass out from the heat/stress and just fell to the floor. I picked him up and laid him in the grass and he eventually got up and flew away.
I'm afraid if any get stuck in there, they won't survive until the next time I go out, which could be several days, and the temperature in that building regularly gets over 100 when it is closed up.
Wish I knew how to keep them out.