{"id":542,"date":"2010-10-11T22:38:03","date_gmt":"2010-10-12T05:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.wordpress.com\/?p=542"},"modified":"2010-10-11T22:38:03","modified_gmt":"2010-10-12T05:38:03","slug":"hummingbird-extraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/2010\/10\/hummingbird-extraction\/","title":{"rendered":"Hummingbird extraction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello out there y’all. I took a few days off and was out of town in beautiful Lake Tahoe for a few days. It was nice to get away from the office for once and just enjoy air and light. And trees. And lake.<\/p>\n

Just wanted to share what happened today in the greenhouse… it’s not really too Sarracenia related, but it was pretty fascinating anyway.<\/p>\n

I got back into the garden today and managed to get some work done. I was sorting some Sarracenia seedlings out, and was repotting a few others plants just to make some more room.\u00a0 When I walked into there of the greenhouse where I let the seedlings grow up a bit, I was surprised to find a hummingbird stuck!\u00a0 I guess it was the flowering Pinguiculas that attracted it. Nice to observe the hummingbird at such a close distance, but the bird could not find it’s way out no matter how much I tried to urge it towards the door.\u00a0 Now, I have some chickenwire to support the woven polycarbonate roof, and the bird kept flying into it and at times would get a little trapped then wriggle free again. It kept wanting to fly up and out — and kept hitting the wire ceiling.\u00a0 Geez… Poor thing.\u00a0 The opening to the greenhouse I have is *much* lower than the ceiling height, so regardless of what I did to to try to get it out, it would not fly out of the door.\u00a0 My vents are covered with a screen as well, so no way of it escaping that way.\u00a0 So… in order for it to leave and be set free, I had to take the situation in my own hands. Literally.<\/p>\n

\"Hummingbird\"[Hummingbird stuck in the greenhouse. I wonder if the hanging Drosera’s thought it was a meal?…]<\/p>\n

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\n[Gotcha!\u00a0 My greenhouse is not the place for you, homie. You could become lunch for one of my plants!\u00a0 Time to go, lil’ buddy…]<\/p>\n

\"Hummingbird\"[I let go outdoors right after this photo. I actually felt a hummingbirds heartbeat today… ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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