How might a hummingbird become naturally mummified in my garage?

Subject: How might a hummingbird become naturally mummified in my garage?

Date: Sat Dec 4 19:35:08 2010
Posted by Caitie
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: None
City: Ventura State/Province: CA Country: USA
Area of science: General Biology
ID: 1291516508.Gb

Message:


Sitting on a little wire near the ceiling of my garage, with wings outspread, 
is a tiny, perfectly intact dead hummingbird. It has been there for somewhere 
around five years and looks like one of the taxidermied birds in a museum with 
all its feathers and color intact. We're wondering how this could have 
happened!

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