That is awesome. I was almost afraid to move for fear of scaring her off :wink:

Our hummingbirds are finally back, so we have enjoyed watching them at the feeders and playing World War I Flying Aces up and down the length of our porch.

I just put up mine today.... and some cotton stuffing from pill bottles for nesting wedged in a tree crook. Ours typically return when the Mertensia blooms...which they have just started doing.

Hoping to see ours soon! Our cool weather is a problem. It was only 35 this morning. Just barely enough to leave my seedlings out! :yikes:

I found a really nice window suction cup feeder to replace our cracked one (the one the black bear bit years ago upNorth), for $5.98 at Lowe's. I had glued the old one back together, but it was getting icky and black mold in the crack which I couldn't get out...

Really a good price and very similar to our old Perky Pet.

Phoebe has a second egg...today!

Her new nest is surrounded by leaves...some look plastered down in fact. She might have put spider webs around them, to make a shield. (so the nasty crow does not see her nest and eat her eggs this time? ).

Here is a new video I found on CuteOverload today:


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It is about a juvenile hummer who fell from his nest and was rescued and cared for until he recovered. There are two very cute portions of this video of the mother bird feeding this fledgling. Make sure your volume is up to hear him calling for her.

Phoebe's egg hatched today!
 

Phoebe's new nest is on its way now. The first of the two eggs has hatched today, Mother's Day! They have named the chick, Hope. (given the bad luck of the last 3 nests!)

The camera has been adjusted so you can see into the nest.
But this nest tends to move more, with the wind. We'll have to see how it goes!

This is really incredible to watch...I turned my volume all the way up and the sounds of moms' wings when she landed was....wow!

Here is the link to the video of the second chick hatching: named Hoku:


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The hatching begins at one hour 33 minutes. You can move the loading bar to that time...carefully!

So now there are 2 cute little chicks!

Sad news...
 

Phoebe's new nest, which had two healthy chicks...

They were ready to fledge in a couple of days....

A crow attacked it today, and Hope is missing, and Hoku was found on the ground. He was returned to the nest, but has some injuries.


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This video is NOT for the faint of heart. It it very very sad.

Hoku is better. He looks much better.

The owner has posted the video of his rescue and it shows putting Hoku back in the nest.

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At 5:50 minutes Phoebe returns, and Hoku is weak and stunned but does take one short feeding.

Then Phoebe sits protectively over the chick.

I've seen stunned hummers, and sometimes they die of fright.
The one that we rescued, took a whole day to get her strength back to perch. I hand fed her sugar water then put her in a small aquarium we keep for critters, and she recovered and flew away 2 days later. I put the feeder cup (the bottom of a small feeder on the floor of the aquarium and she did manage to feed herself).

This is a pic hubby took of her.

Hoku has successfully fledged this morning. There is a video on
Phoebe's site.

The cam is still going, and when I visited there at around 2pm EST you could hear them chittering to each other!