Thread: They're Back

Caught another one yesterday

Okay, cc06, I'll bite. How did you catch it? We've caught three over the last few years. Two got hung up in a feeder that has a rail around it and I caught one by hand that got trapped under the porch and couldn't figure out how to escape. If I ever catch one again I'm going to put a small dab of fingernail polish on its back to see how often they come to the feeders.

I am always afraid to catch them because I might hurt them, they seem fragile. And if I did hurt one by doing that, I would really feel guilty by doing so. I had to once when one flew into my shop. I was real careful though.

Tbone I let them land on my pointer finger then put my thumb against their feet and cover them with my other hand and yes I have to be careful not to hurt them I would be sick if that ever happen. I found one dead in my yard one spring and I wasn't happy I think a mocking bird or a cat killed it but not sure. We catch quite a few under our awning when they get disoriented last year we caught about ten. I would like to band them but I have never got that far yet. You need to be good at identifying them to document their info.

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cc06, you must have a lot of patience for them to light on your finger. Do you hold the feeder next to it? My wife has sat on the porch rail before holding a feeder and they would come to it but we've never had one sit on our finger.

Go to youtube and search 06LouisianaMan and you will see my video of them landing on my finger. I had five different birds land on my finger today and I caught one of them.