We’ve had them get it our garage. They are hard to get out. Their ‘escape’ mode is to fly up so it’s hard to ‘shoo’ them out the open door. They won’t fly down to go under the overhang above the door. I finally found the solution. I go to the pool and get the pole with the skimmer net. I put it above them. They will keep trying to go up so they fly against the net. I slowly move it down and work my way outside the door with it. Once out I turn the net over and up and away they fly!
TheWildSow over 8 years ago
Eh, they can perch. For a minute!
tcar-1 over 8 years ago
We’ve had them get it our garage. They are hard to get out. Their ‘escape’ mode is to fly up so it’s hard to ‘shoo’ them out the open door. They won’t fly down to go under the overhang above the door. I finally found the solution. I go to the pool and get the pole with the skimmer net. I put it above them. They will keep trying to go up so they fly against the net. I slowly move it down and work my way outside the door with it. Once out I turn the net over and up and away they fly!
JP Steve Premium Member over 8 years ago
Scientifically, the group they belong to is called the “Apodiformes” — “without feet.”
TheWildSow over 8 years ago
They actually DO have feet (tiny ones, shaped like a garden claw!)http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2015/09/02/no-feet/