Re: Lotsa hummers

Lanny Chambers wrote:
> In article <Xaudnd1hzagE-u_VnZ2dnUVZ_rTinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>  "Von Fourche" <kho****ong@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>   Do you catch hummers in a cage?  Do they bite when you handle them? 
Do 
>> you have on gloves or something?
> 
> Hummingbirds are about as harmless as creatures get. They don't bite, 
> claw, peck, or sting. No gloves required (though hand wa****ng is a good 
> idea after handling any wild animal).
> 
> Here's a photo essay a visitor made of one of my banding demonstrations:
> http://margy.smugmug.com/gallery/3379707_PP8Rz#P-1-12
> 

That is very interesting.  When I go banding with my friends, hummers 
sometimes get caught in the nets we put out for other birds, we don't 
put out any specific netting on hummer feeders like I see in the photos 
in the link you provided.  The hummers we catch go into a shock like 
state where they do not move when being handled sometimes.  We do not 
band them because we do not have bands small enough.

http://www.tinyang.net/birds/Bird_Banding/hummingbird.htm