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That worked for me. I ended up with 2 neighbors knocking at my door with all the nasty little dogs. What I didn't know is that these 2 neighbors don't talk to each other. Some angst over a street tree, and dog kennels. It was rather awkward for a bit. Any way I met another great neighbor, that I have a lot in common with. I ended up over at her house looking at her garden. Her garden is beautiful.
When I got home I realized that I had left the door to the garage open, as well as the back sliding glass door. It was dark in here, and I flipped on the lights. A few moments later I see something kind of big fly by my head. It was this that flew by me.
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So then I had to figure out how to catch her and get Fred back outside. I realized that the first thing I needed to do was turn the lights off. She was hiding in the garden window, so then that meant I needed to move half the plantation. So she got caught easily. But then I realize and confirmed that she didn't want to go outside where it was dark and sleepy time. So I now have Fred tucked into the greenhouse for the night. She wasn't wanting to fly off into the night. I left the door open so she should be able to leave in the morning.
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As long as I had to house Fred for part of the day, I figured that I was going to get pictures to prove she was here. I told Fred that's the price of bird food in the people house.
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WOW!! How did you manage to catch a Hummingbird????? That is SO amazing!!!
Somehow catching the hummingbird was something I had learned from catching chickens. It is always easier catching a chicken after the lights are off. So I realized that I had walked in to a fairly dark house, and turned on a lot of lights. So I turned off the lights after I knew that the Hummingbird was in the garden window, and gave myself time to adjust to the dark. I also had to pull out a flashlight. Because I then found that I needed to get behind the many small plants, and a very large Anthurium.
After that it was very easy to pick up the hummingbird. She argued a bit, but I just told her that this is the way it was going to be. Even after I started to take pictures she seemed very calm considering. I was very surprised how long she sat on my hand after I had her out the door, but it was dark outside. so I walked her over to the greenhouse that has a grow light on all the time. She then flew into the greenhouse. I'm just hoping that the cats don't find her.
