Today was a day of much needed rain, a good slow soaker. So not much activity at the feeder. But yesterday…
But there was another visitor to the sugar water feeder…
I could not figure out why he chose to be there, so I did a little research on what mantis eat. This must be the season they are really coming out or maybe they are just extra hungry. Below is a big one that visited the church.
My research tells me they eat all kinds of insects, grubs and even the occasional small bird. Small bird…a hummer is a small bird. Well maybe Big George, but surely not Littler George. Still I am not taking chances.
Research said they eat things bigger than themselves….okay, not having that. So I went outside and shooed him off. I didn’t hurt him, just made him leave that spot. I enjoy my hummers way more than any bug.
I close with a reminder to always being kind. Even a smile can take the hardness out of someone’s day.
For the Love of 
Whoa! I never would have guessed that. 😧
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Me either. My common sense said he was too small…still.
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Glad you did some research on the praying mantis…they can eat hummingbirds! Surprising, isn’t it?! They are fierce predators. How nice you get pretty bird visitors.
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The hummers m ay be too fast fir him but I was not taking chances. Stupid bug! Have a great week.
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I don’t even want to know what it looks like: a mantis devouring a hummingbird. Hard to recover from a sight like that. Glad you got shoo’d it away and kept your birds safe.
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