Pic of the Day

[tedly]

We



had a hummingbird trapped in the garage today.

[tedly]

Lechugilla Cave in New Mexico is the deepest cave in the continental US

[tedly]

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada.

[tedly]

The first permanent photograph was taken in 1826.

[stroker al]

Sox & Martin

[Captain]

Is this a Royal Purple "Testimonial" ??!!

It Shure does look like a Purple Oil Slick.......

[ratpatrol66]

What ever you do don't mention anything about the guys tranny being bad?

[fatguyzinc]

Is this a Royal Purple "Testimonial" ??!!

It Shure does look like a Purple Oil Slick.......

im thinking its more of a "how to launch your powerflite by neutral dropping at 8000rpm" testimonial....

[fatguyzinc]

What ever you do don't mention anything about the guys tranny being bad?

my friend steven has an 86 monte ss with the 2004r trans,
he told me the other day "dude, my tranny acts funny when she gets hot..."

i really REALLY tried to keep a straight face... but failed miserably. oh well....

[oletrux4evr]

Hey Tedly, did the bird survive? Good on you for rescuing it.

[tedly]

Hey Tedly, did the bird survive? Good on you for rescuing it.

Yep. It was trying to get out closed windows so I just held my hand below it. When it wore itself out it would drop down onto my fingertips. Took a few times for it to trust me enough to just chill until I got it to the door then shot off towards the back pasture.

There was no weight to it, I could feel it’s feet on my fingertips but absolutely no weight. Was like having smoke perched on my finger or something. A very cool experience.

[tedly]

The 1920 Olympic games were held in Belgium.

[tedly]

A group of otters is called a raft.

[tedly]

Women were admitted to Harvard for the first time in 1967.

[Loren]

We had a hummingbird trapped in the garage today.

I found this guy in the grass a couple weeks ago, unable to stand or fly off...it kept falling over sideways. Odd. I picked it up and got on my inspection goggles, it looked at first like some-sort of foot deformation, but it turned out it was all bound up with old spider-web material probably from the nest. It seems that with the toes unable to separate, it also couldn't extend its' leg, probably due to some normal interconnection of tendons. Just to see if I could do it, I was awhile with a pair of surgical scissors getting it fixed up and we did OK. It took a couple minutes for it to learn how to stand then, at which point I let it fly to a bush and left it. What I assume was a parent was nearby. I've had a few wild birds over time, not-legal (rightfully) but if it was going to die anyhow, I don't see the issue. Young birds adjust and bind to their situations including unusual ones pretty quickly, if you wait too long then you have to stick with it. I had a one-legged mockingbird for years in the early-00's that would fly to me and eat mealworms, and mimic the daughter's video game noises. When I tried to put him out he was miserable, he wanted to stay in the situation he had gotten accustomed to.



Having a wild bird sit on you does feel like some kind of privileged moment. A hummingbird would be extremely rare I'm sure.