Subject: [Tweeters] "Pettable" hummingbird health question
Date: Apr 7 21:54:23 2017
From: Nadine Drisseq - bearsmartwa at gmail.com


I think Kelly who runs Featherhaven songbird rehab would know the answer to
this. She's amazing and her facility and care is excellent.

http://www.featherhaven.org/

Nadine

On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 9:53 PM, Nadine Drisseq <bearsmartwa at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think Kelly who runs Featherhaven songbird rehab would know the answer
> to this. She's amazing and her facility and care is excellent.
>
> http://www.featherhaven.org/
>
> Nadine
>
> On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 11:03 AM, Kristi Hein <khc at picturesandwords.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Tweeters,
>>
>> I posted some photos of a Rufous Hummingbird that had perched for a while
>> on a nectar feeder hook, and a friend commented "I've seen a lot of
>> sitting hummingbirds this last year. Did I tell you that one, sitting on
>> our porch rail, let [her husband] pet it?"
>>
>> Would this be a sign of illness? I know Pine Siskins become very "tame"
>> when they have salmonellosis. I did some googling but without success.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kristi
>>
>> Kristi Hein
>> khc
>> at
>> picturesandwords dot com
>> Anacortes
>>
>>
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