We have had an interesting couple of weeks. Jaxon has begun the process of teething his molars! So we have a cranky baby, and for a couple of days he lost his appetite and had a high fever. For those couple of days we stayed home and hung out in our PJ's all day. The two of us walked outside for some fresh air (well we actually needed to throw away a loaded & stinky diaper). As we walked through the gate I heard some very loud humming and noticed there were hummingbirds all around in the tree. Flitting from here to there and getting some nectar from the flowers. Then I noticed that there was some repetitive humming sounds and looked around and noticed that there was a hummingbird stuck in a spider web!!!!
I couldn't believe that there was a web strong enough to hold a hummingbird! But there he was, struggling to free himself, much like a fly or bee, but much larger. I was so sad and had to see if I could free him.
I looked around and found a long sturdy stick on the ground, picked it up and attempted to break the web. I thought surly it would be easy to do, I would just break the web and the bird would be able to fly away. With Jaxon on my hip I went to work on attacking this web.
Much to my surprise it was a much stickier web than I first thought. So sticky that my stick was getting stuck in it as well! I was so afraid I was going to harm this fragile bird as I was tugging on the web to free him and my stick!
After some time, I was able to free one wing, then I was able to break the hummingbird away from the web, but he was still stuck to it on my stick. So I walked him over to my porch so I would be able to set him down on the banister as I worked at twisting the web off of him and onto my stick. With in a matter of seconds he was able to break away from the web and the stick and flew off!!!
I was so happy and so relieved! The picture I have added isn't of the bird I freed, but I thought it would be nice to have an image added to this blog.
Blessings!
