Hummingbird Bird Feeder

Yes, baby hummingbird again.
She’s been on our balcony for two days, and the mother has been cheerily feeding her every 20 minutes every day, and the baby has been attempting to fly out of the shoebox nest we made for her, and all was well.
Until this afternoon, I happened to look over and saw that her tongue was sticking out of her wide open beak. I thought she was just really hungry, and that she would be fine once her mom came to feed her, but she came, fed her, and went, and her mouth was still wide open with her tongue lolling out. I’ve never seen a hummingbird do this. I fed her some sugar water in hopes that she would sheathe her tongue by lapping it up, but she refused to drink it, turning her head away and flapping her wings indignantly. All day, she’s just been sitting there with this ridiculous expression on her face, and her tongue has become dry with air exposure!
I have no idea what is going on with this chick and don’t know if she’s acquired some disease and maybe needs medical attention? Should I call some rescue and bring her over?? Or is this some bizarre hummingbird thing I don’t know about? I just don’t want her to die! Please help!

Me and my boyfriend found him during a fight.
Apparently they are "messangers of love" and taking care of him kinda brought us together.
We names him Predator and hes very trusting…

Unfortunatly, now it needs me.
It doesn’t appear to be a baby because hes big but it doesnt have feathers on his stomach and he looks like hee may be missing a feather on his tail but I cant tell.

He trusts me enough to hold him and feed him, he doesnt struggle and he licks the "hummin bird food" sugar water right off my fingers (which i wash very well before feeding). He chirps when he’s hungry and I feed him (and he stops) , I need to know if this is all he needs ? Hes chirping right now and he keeps opening his mouth like he wants something more than nector? Does he need bugs?

Also I would like to know why he cant fly… He tries really hard and can hover slightly but just falls.

Luckily he seems to trust me. Dont tell me to find someone else to take care of him… tell me what I can do now…

Please help me.

-Mikaela
RatDog – go kill yourself.

To the rest…

I dont care enough about it to take it to a place. Im staying home alone for the week and dont have my car. Nobody wants to drive me to a bird protection place my friends would just tell me to get it high. So I cannot do anything about it.

Trust me I dont want the bird… I have to wake up in the middle of the night to "chirp chirp feed me!!!" and I cant even go out without bringing it.. I left it for an hour today and I came home and it had tried to fly and crashed and gotten stuck. So lay off unless you have good advice.

Like I said my boyfriend and I found it on the ground in my yard.

Whoever gave me that formula thank you. Im going to definatly try that this minute – best answer for u

thankyou to the person who told me sugar water for too long will kill it.

When I found it, it couldnt fly.

If he dies he dies.. he would have died faster if I hadnt had picked it up cuz my dog would have devoured it

so help

We had a very bad problem with mosquito’s you could not enjoy the yard without being fully covered. I am allergic to chemicals so spray was not an option. First we were told to get hummingbird feeders, with that stuff they need protein and eat Nat’s and mosquito’s. That did help.
then one day in the corner of the yard was this huge spider web, which my husband was going to find this monster and kill it. But it was beautiful with the due on it and glistening in the morning sun. We do not have children so I told him to leave it alone. Then we notice the mosquito’s were gone. In looking into the spider web there they were stuck fast. Why do mosquito’s fly into spider webs to die? Is it a smell or the water clinging to the web? what makes them do that?

We use to get Hummers all the time from May to Sept. to our outdoor hummingbird feeder.This year, we have seen very few sightings.They’ll fly by but seem not to be attracted to my feeder. I have used the same nectar formula as in the past. Was it something I said?

Small birds can migrate over long distances without feeding, storing energy mostly as fat rather than carbohydrate. Fat is a good form of energy storage because it provides the most energy per unit mass: 1 gram of fat provides about 9.4 (food) Calories, compared to 4.2 (food) Calories per 1 gram of carbohydrate. Remember that Calories associated with food, which are always capitalized, are not exactly the same as calories used in physics or chemistry, even though they have the same name. More specifically, one food Calorie is equal to 1000 calories of mechanical work or 4186 joules. Therefore, in this problem use the conversion factor 1Cal = 4186J.
a)Consider a bird that flies at an average speed of 10.7 m/s and releases energy from its body fat reserves at an average rate of 3.70 W (this rate represents the power consumption of the bird). Assume that the bird consumes 4g of fat to fly over a distance d_b without stopping for feeding. How far will the bird fly before feeding again?

b)How many grams of carbohydrate m_carb would the bird have to consume to travel the same distance d_b?

So I was able to convert 4 g to 157393.6 J

I just can’t find part a or b…Please help

I found a hummingbird on the ground yesterday. It didn’t seem to have any physical injuries, but when it tried to fly it would stop midflight and fall, or bump into a tree or a fence. It also doesn’t appear to be sick, it’s eating well (sugar water) and chirping. I’m assuming it’s a baby hummingbird that fell out of its nest, because it’s smaller and has a few down feathers along with its adult feathers.

My local wildlife center has advised I simply leave it somewhere, but I’m afraid, because I can’t return it back to where I believe its nest was (children were harassing it, and other birds were pecking it) but I also can’t just leave it somewhere random because it will most likely die of starvation or get attacked by something else.

If I care for it, will it eventually learn to fly and I’ll be able to release it? Or will it become dependent on me? If it does, what do I do? Keep it as a pet? Or can it be rehabilitated back into the wild?

What else should I feed it besides sugar water and commercial hummingbird nectar? Also, are those hummingbird flower mites harmful to the bird? Because they’re crawling all over his beak and I don’t want them to hurt him. I know a lot of questions, but I want to be sure I’m doing the right thing.

When I put out our hummingbird feeder in May, I used some powdered food mix left over from last year (and I think some of the packets may be some even older than that). So far I’ve only seen an occasional hummer stop and check out the feeder, maybe take a sip or two, but then fly on. Now granted it’s typically July before any take up long-term residence around our yard, but I am concerned that the food has lost its "zip" in being so old. If so, could I just add some regular sugar to it to revitalize it? Or is it best to just dispose of it?

I have a hummingbird nest next to my front door and the mother hummingbird seems to be afraid of my family and me when we stare at her in the eyes. Other than that, she seems okay with us. Will the babies have the same temperment when as they get larger? They are growing so quickly!
Will the birds be so afriad they try to fly and fall from the nest? We obviously can’t stop using our front door but we don’t bother them. Should I be worried for them or not do anything specific??

One of my favorite nature vids I’ve done! It was so awesome being able to earn the hummingbird’s trust! It took nearly an hour before they got used to my presence, and after that they would come within inches of me! Hope you enjoy, and thanks for watching!

A.The birds live in different climates.
B.The birds eat different types of foods.
C.Hawks are much larger.
D.Hummingbirds fly faster.