Paint anything in the garage that is red black.

If a hummer gets trapped in the garage, close the door, leaving a slight
crack at the bottom where light comes through. The hummer will fly down to
the floor, and you can scoop it up. Or, hang a feeder in the door to
attract it to the outside... Here are links to other sites with suggestions

http://www.hummingbirds.net/about.html#garage

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/humm/HummGarage.html

http://www.rubythroat.org/QuestionsCaught01.html

chuck reinsch, magnolia, seattle, washington, creinsch at kdna.org

----- Original Message -----
From: "camelama" <camelama at speakeasy.net>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 9:39 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Need Help Preventing and "Rescuing" Hummingbirds


>
> Tweets -
>
> Someone from another list I'm on has hummingbird questions. I was also
> wondering if there is a good prevention technique which would allow the
> garage
> doors to stay open, too...
>
> *****
>
> We have a lot of hummingbirds around this year and for some reason they
> like
> flying into our garage. Problem is, once they're in there they are drawn
> to
> the skylights and flutter around them and won't fly out of the big garage
> doors, so we can't get them out and they die. Its very sad.
>
> We've tried covering the skylights so no light comes through to try and
> get
> them to 'go to the light' through the big doors but to no avail.
>
> We're going a long way to help these guys but nothing is working. Does
> anyone
> have an idea of how to draw them out of the garage once they get in there?
> The
> doors are open a lot; my husband is a mechanic and has lots of projects
> going
> on so keeping the doors closed all the times isn't an option.
>
> *****
>
> Thanks!
>
> Susan Collicott
> camelama at speakeasy.net
> Sunset Hill neighborhood
> Seattle, WA
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