I just got called to go rescue a hummingbird that was "stuck in the window." At the time I couldn't figure out how a hummingbird could be stuck in the window, but I went up, and there it was. These are full 6 foot tall windows. Apparently, the top window was about 1/3 of the way down, because the whole house fan was on. But, the route that the hummingbird had to take to make it down in there downright amazed me.
First, it had to go through this hole in the screen, which is at the very bottom of the window.
(dog in the background for size reference :lol: ) Seriously, that hole is about the size of a hummingbird, no bigger.
Then, it had to fly, between the window and the screen, to the top, which was open. There is a window curtain up there.
Then, it had to descend lower than the curtain. At that point, it is open to the house for 18 inches between the curtain, and the top of the bottom window.
But, instead of flying into the house, the hummingbird managed to squeeze past the windowframe, pictured above, and squeeze in between the two windows by the window latch pictured. There, it made it down to the bottom frame of the top window, and couldn't make it through the 1/4 inch gap between the outer window frame, and the window. It couldn't flap its wings between the windows, so it couldn't fly back to the top, where it could reach the gap.
To get it out, I had to pop the screen out, and then move the bottom window all the way to the top, and the top window all the way to the bottom to get it free.
I just cannot believe that it made it in there, given the route it had to take.
First, it had to go through this hole in the screen, which is at the very bottom of the window.
(dog in the background for size reference :lol: ) Seriously, that hole is about the size of a hummingbird, no bigger.
Then, it had to fly, between the window and the screen, to the top, which was open. There is a window curtain up there.
Then, it had to descend lower than the curtain. At that point, it is open to the house for 18 inches between the curtain, and the top of the bottom window.
But, instead of flying into the house, the hummingbird managed to squeeze past the windowframe, pictured above, and squeeze in between the two windows by the window latch pictured. There, it made it down to the bottom frame of the top window, and couldn't make it through the 1/4 inch gap between the outer window frame, and the window. It couldn't flap its wings between the windows, so it couldn't fly back to the top, where it could reach the gap.
To get it out, I had to pop the screen out, and then move the bottom window all the way to the top, and the top window all the way to the bottom to get it free.
I just cannot believe that it made it in there, given the route it had to take.