Bertha Attacked by Killer Hummingbird!!!
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Bertha Attacked by Killer Hummingbird!!!
Didn't know exactly where to put this, so I thought I'd start a silly thread for it, just for kicks.
I am sitting here in the garage, with Bertha parked and the garage door open. Suddenly I hear a pretty loud buzzing sound that I at first thought was one of those annoying big carpenter bees that fly around here all the time.
I look up, and a hummingbird is trying to feed on Bertha's red lights on the Tour Pak! Little thing was apparently pretty hungry, because it pecked at the lights for a good 4-5 seconds trying to get some nectar out of them, then hovered there for a few more seconds looking like WTF?, then flew off. It even seemed to **** its little head at me before it flew away!
It was pretty cool to watch... probably has some deep mystical meaning that I failed to grasp... but what a way to start a Saturday, huh?
I am sitting here in the garage, with Bertha parked and the garage door open. Suddenly I hear a pretty loud buzzing sound that I at first thought was one of those annoying big carpenter bees that fly around here all the time.
I look up, and a hummingbird is trying to feed on Bertha's red lights on the Tour Pak! Little thing was apparently pretty hungry, because it pecked at the lights for a good 4-5 seconds trying to get some nectar out of them, then hovered there for a few more seconds looking like WTF?, then flew off. It even seemed to **** its little head at me before it flew away!
It was pretty cool to watch... probably has some deep mystical meaning that I failed to grasp... but what a way to start a Saturday, huh?
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Great way to start the day...
Carpenter bees are my favorite, while the females are docile and will avoid you the males are aggressive, annoying pests without any stingers, the males act tough and get right into your face but it is all a big bluff. On the other hand, I had a yellow jacket get caught in my shirt while riding and it must have stung me a half dozen times before i managed to kill it. I haven't seen a hummingbird around here in a long time, they are fun to watch as well. We used to put out feeders for them but then an alley cat moved in with us so I no longer plant or do anything to attract any kind of birds. We keep a bell and an "bib" on the cat to keep him from killing any birds.
Carpenter bees are my favorite, while the females are docile and will avoid you the males are aggressive, annoying pests without any stingers, the males act tough and get right into your face but it is all a big bluff. On the other hand, I had a yellow jacket get caught in my shirt while riding and it must have stung me a half dozen times before i managed to kill it. I haven't seen a hummingbird around here in a long time, they are fun to watch as well. We used to put out feeders for them but then an alley cat moved in with us so I no longer plant or do anything to attract any kind of birds. We keep a bell and an "bib" on the cat to keep him from killing any birds.
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We're keen bird watchers and delight in the various birds we see in and around the home. Plenty of fledglings at present, but we don't get humming birds over here. We did enjoy watching some dark green ones while visiting family in Minnesota back in 03.
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Great way to start the day...
Carpenter bees are my favorite, while the females are docile and will avoid you the males are aggressive, annoying pests without any stingers, the males act tough and get right into your face but it is all a big bluff. On the other hand, I had a yellow jacket get caught in my shirt while riding and it must have stung me a half dozen times before i managed to kill it. I haven't seen a hummingbird around here in a long time, they are fun to watch as well. We used to put out feeders for them but then an alley cat moved in with us so I no longer plant or do anything to attract any kind of birds. We keep a bell and an "bib" on the cat to keep him from killing any birds.
Carpenter bees are my favorite, while the females are docile and will avoid you the males are aggressive, annoying pests without any stingers, the males act tough and get right into your face but it is all a big bluff. On the other hand, I had a yellow jacket get caught in my shirt while riding and it must have stung me a half dozen times before i managed to kill it. I haven't seen a hummingbird around here in a long time, they are fun to watch as well. We used to put out feeders for them but then an alley cat moved in with us so I no longer plant or do anything to attract any kind of birds. We keep a bell and an "bib" on the cat to keep him from killing any birds.
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Great way to start the day...
Carpenter bees are my favorite, while the females are docile and will avoid you the males are aggressive, annoying pests without any stingers, the males act tough and get right into your face but it is all a big bluff. On the other hand, I had a yellow jacket get caught in my shirt while riding and it must have stung me a half dozen times before i managed to kill it. I haven't seen a hummingbird around here in a long time, they are fun to watch as well. We used to put out feeders for them but then an alley cat moved in with us so I no longer plant or do anything to attract any kind of birds. We keep a bell and an "bib" on the cat to keep him from killing any birds.
Carpenter bees are my favorite, while the females are docile and will avoid you the males are aggressive, annoying pests without any stingers, the males act tough and get right into your face but it is all a big bluff. On the other hand, I had a yellow jacket get caught in my shirt while riding and it must have stung me a half dozen times before i managed to kill it. I haven't seen a hummingbird around here in a long time, they are fun to watch as well. We used to put out feeders for them but then an alley cat moved in with us so I no longer plant or do anything to attract any kind of birds. We keep a bell and an "bib" on the cat to keep him from killing any birds.
I got stung right above "the boys" by yellowjackets two years ago there... we were cleaning out an old open metal garage, and we pulled out an old tarp, and disturbed a good-sized yellowjacket nest. Those mean little SOBs chased us for 50 yards, and one of them got up in my shorts and stung me. Hurt like hell! I got stung twice, and my neighbor got stung 3 times, and his wife got stung too, and she's allergic... we had to give her an EPI-pin shot and the paramedics came and took her to the hospital. She was OK though. He brought out his fogger and fogged the whole area really well... no more problems after that!
Good idea about the bell on the cat... they will bring you little "presents" without one!
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Those carpenter bees are a pain in the A$$. The dive at you, my dog is afraid to go outside for a couple of weeks in the spring. I hit those bees with a direct hit of nest killer spray and they look at me and laugh like I just tried to feed them a martini. Wish I could have seen the look on one of them when he got launched about 100' with a tennis racket. They really are bold, wish there was a way to keep them away.
"Martini" is my nickname at the little mountain park where our cabin is! I got it in 2005, our first year there, because my wife and I drank martinis all that summer at the pool. I apparently "fell in" the pool several times that summer with packs of smokes in my hand after "several" martinis. I swear these "falls" were assisted, but everyone there swears that I performed them entirely on my own... Hmmmm. Switched to mostly beer after that, but the "Martini" nickname just stuck. I like it, though!
I use an old badminton racket to swat those damn bees, too. I love to see them go flying. I swatted one recently, and it landed on the deck right in front of the nose of one of our big dogs who was just lying there. She snapped it up and ate like it was a dog treat! I almost fell out of my chair laughing! She's lucky they don't have stingers.
Dogs are SO friggin' weird... but so entertaining!
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Yes, it would have! Funny thing is that I have TWO cameras sitting right here on my bench not 2 feet from me. But it all happened so quickly, and I was so mesmerized by the whole thing, I didn't even think about trying to get a pic of it...
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Occasionally, I run across a hummingbird in my shop. They fly in the door, get lost or disoriented and can't figger out how to get out. I'll look down and there's a hummingbird laying down and about dead. I pick them up, go in the house, mix up some sugar and water in a little bowl, take it and the bird outside and put the bird next to the drink. They stick their beak in the mix, slurp up maybe a CC in about 10 seconds, 10 seconds later they're fully recharged and fly off.
