Protecting Hummingbird Chicks
 

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.

Protecting Hummingbird Chicks
 

On 6/13/2016 7:43 PM, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:

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.


Do not worry about the hummingbird chicks. Hummingbird parents can be
extremely viscious in defending their nests and young. I have seen
hummingbirds attack ravens that merely happened to be near the nest but
were not bothering it.

--

David E. Ross
http://www.rossde.com/

When a Moslem shoots up a nightclub in Florida
or a party in California, it is terrorism. When a
Christian shoots up a movie theater in Colorado or
a church in South Carolina, however, it is not
called terrorism. Why is this so?

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On Mon, 13 Jun 2016 19:43:17 -0700, Snuffy \"Hub Cap\" McKinney wrote:

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.

Do you know who owns the cat? Maybe if you explained what was happening?

Cats are one of the dominant killers of birds in this country - you're right to be concerned.

Protecting Hummingbird Chicks
 

Frank Miles wrote:
Snuffy wrote:

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.

Do you know who owns the cat? Maybe if you explained what was happening?

Cats are one of the dominant killers of birds in this country - you're right to be concerned.

Actually the dominant killers of birds are primarily windows, then
windmills, airplanes, and high tension wires... cats kill relatively
few birds, and mostly for food. Very often when your cat drops a bird
at your doorstep it was a bird that slammed into your window that your
cat put out of its misery. If you don't make your windows safe for
birds you have no right to complain about cats.
I feed birds including humming birds, I also care for feral cats. I've
never seen a cat go after hummers, hummers rarely if ever perch on the
ground, hummers are extremely alert of their surroundings, their
little heads are always bobbing about being watchful when at their
feeders. Cats don't even notice hummers not anymore than they notice
wasps and bees. If you care about birds hang CDs and sparkly ribbons
in your windows, never place plants in your windows, and place
outlines of raptors in your windows.
http://audubonportland.org/wcc/urban/windows
http://www.duncraft.com/Window-Strik...ird%20Deca ls
http://www.critterguard.org/index.ph...rotection.html

Protecting Hummingbird Chicks
 

On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:58:24 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:

Frank Miles wrote:
Snuffy wrote:

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.

Do you know who owns the cat? Maybe if you explained what was
happening?

Cats are one of the dominant killers of birds in this country - you're
right to be concerned.

Actually the dominant killers of birds are primarily windows, then
windmills, airplanes, and high tension wires... cats kill relatively few
birds, and mostly for food. Very often when your cat drops a bird at
your doorstep it was a bird that slammed into your window that your cat
put out of its misery. If you don't make your windows safe for birds
you have no right to complain about cats.
I feed birds including humming birds, I also care for feral cats. I've
never seen a cat go after hummers, hummers rarely if ever perch on the
ground, hummers are extremely alert of their surroundings, their little
heads are always bobbing about being watchful when at their feeders.
Cats don't even notice hummers not anymore than they notice wasps and
bees. If you care about birds hang CDs and sparkly ribbons in your
windows, never place plants in your windows, and place outlines of
raptors in your windows.
http://audubonportland.org/wcc/urban/windows
http://www.duncraft.com/Window-Strike-Solutions?
view_all&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campai gn=Window%20Bird%
20Decals&utm_term=bird%20window%20clings&utm_conte nt=Window%20Bird%
20Decals
http://www.critterguard.org/index.ph...rotection.html

Windows are pretty bad. But cats are the next leading killer. See:
http://www.sibleyguides.com/conserva...ird-mortality/

Windmills are down in the noise, unless you want to include high-tension
power lines in the mix.

Protecting Hummingbird Chicks
 

On 6/16/2016 8:46 AM, Frank Miles wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:58:24 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:

Frank Miles wrote:
Snuffy wrote:

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.

Do you know who owns the cat? Maybe if you explained what was
happening?

Cats are one of the dominant killers of birds in this country - you're
right to be concerned.

Actually the dominant killers of birds are primarily windows, then
windmills, airplanes, and high tension wires... cats kill relatively few
birds, and mostly for food.
Really??

http://www.wildlifemanagementinstitu...cles&Itemid=54

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On 2016-06-16 15:46:30 +0000, Frank Miles said:

On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:58:24 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:

Frank Miles wrote:
Snuffy wrote:

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.

Do you know who owns the cat? Maybe if you explained what was
happening?

Cats are one of the dominant killers of birds in this country - you're
right to be concerned.

Actually the dominant killers of birds are primarily windows, then
windmills, airplanes, and high tension wires... cats kill relatively few
birds, and mostly for food. Very often when your cat drops a bird at
your doorstep it was a bird that slammed into your window that your cat
put out of its misery. If you don't make your windows safe for birds
you have no right to complain about cats.
I feed birds including humming birds, I also care for feral cats. I've
never seen a cat go after hummers, hummers rarely if ever perch on the
ground, hummers are extremely alert of their surroundings, their little
heads are always bobbing about being watchful when at their feeders.
Cats don't even notice hummers not anymore than they notice wasps and
bees. If you care about birds hang CDs and sparkly ribbons in your
windows, never place plants in your windows, and place outlines of
raptors in your windows.
http://audubonportland.org/wcc/urban/windows
http://www.duncraft.com/Window-Strike-Solutions?
view_all&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campai gn=Window%20Bird%
20Decals&utm_term=bird%20window%20clings&utm_conte nt=Window%20Bird%
20Decals
http://www.critterguard.org/index.ph...rotection.html

Windows are pretty bad. But cats are the next leading killer. See:
http://www.sibleyguides.com/conserva...ird-mortality/

Windmills are down in the noise, unless you want to include high-tension
power lines in the mix.

Cats get a lot of birds but I'd imagine vanishingly few hummers. I've
seen more hummingbirds killed and eaten by ambushing Chinese mantids
(2) than by cats (0). I've spent hours watching the cats try while the
mantis incidents were observed by happenstance.

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On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:58:24 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:
Actually the dominant killers of birds are primarily windows, then
windmills, airplanes, and high tension wires... cats kill relatively few
birds, and mostly for food.

I'm only talking about newborn birds in the nest or on the ground.

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"Amos Nomore" wrote in message ...
On 2016-06-16 15:46:30 +0000, Frank Miles said:

On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:58:24 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:

Frank Miles wrote:
Snuffy wrote:

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.

Do you know who owns the cat? Maybe if you explained what was
happening?

Cats are one of the dominant killers of birds in this country - you're
right to be concerned.

Actually the dominant killers of birds are primarily windows, then
windmills, airplanes, and high tension wires... cats kill relatively few
birds, and mostly for food. Very often when your cat drops a bird at
your doorstep it was a bird that slammed into your window that your cat
put out of its misery. If you don't make your windows safe for birds
you have no right to complain about cats.
I feed birds including humming birds, I also care for feral cats. I've
never seen a cat go after hummers, hummers rarely if ever perch on the
ground, hummers are extremely alert of their surroundings, their little
heads are always bobbing about being watchful when at their feeders.
Cats don't even notice hummers not anymore than they notice wasps and
bees. If you care about birds hang CDs and sparkly ribbons in your
windows, never place plants in your windows, and place outlines of
raptors in your windows.
http://audubonportland.org/wcc/urban/windows
http://www.duncraft.com/Window-Strike-Solutions?
view_all&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campai gn=Window%20Bird%
20Decals&utm_term=bird%20window%20clings&utm_conte nt=Window%20Bird%
20Decals
http://www.critterguard.org/index.ph...rotection.html

Windows are pretty bad. But cats are the next leading killer. See:
http://www.sibleyguides.com/conserva...ird-mortality/

Windmills are down in the noise, unless you want to include high-tension
power lines in the mix.

Cats get a lot of birds but I'd imagine vanishingly few hummers. I've
seen more hummingbirds killed and eaten by ambushing Chinese mantids
(2) than by cats (0). I've spent hours watching the cats try while the
mantis incidents were observed by happenstance.

This neighborhood roving cat regularly drags birds around the yard.

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"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.

----------

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.

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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.

----------

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.

--
David E. Ross
http://www.rossde.com/.

Donald Trump says he will create many jobs if he
is elected President. To find out about Trump's
ability to create jobs, ask those who are now
unemployed because Trump's Atlantic city hotel
and casino went bankrupt.

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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.

----------

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