Hummingbird cam.... 2010
 

This is just wonderful:


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newly hatched one chick so far.

Now the Mom is sitting on the chick.... TOO CUTE!

There appears to be some kind of audio with this stream.
You can turn it off with the little marker to the right under the
picture.

OH Mrs D! Wonderful!
 

Signs of life and 'spring' to come to other parts of a snow dumped-on world!
I remember a friend's house in the US Virgins. Dozing off on the 'gallerie' [porch to others] I heard this strange ZXEEEEP. ZXEEEP! The most beautiful brite blue hummer w/a gold head was 'tasting' the succulents! It was a magical moment for me...lasting about 10 minutes.
Here outside of DC in the late spring and fall, we have them as they pass thru. They are soo beautiful! And they travel far!
So folks? This spring thru fall, put that special feeder and water out for them!
They make our world so much more beautiful! - j

I am looking at Sassy the chick, today, and she has her eyes open and some feathers starting. But she is behind schedule for fledging. Since the other chick died right after hatching, I hope this little one is going to be vigorous enough to survive too!
(I've seen newly fledged hummers upNorth, who can't even fly in wind!

Update:
 

Sassy the chick, is not developing properly. The owners of the
cam, consulted a bird rehab specialist who thinks that the poor insect availability is perhaps the cause of her delayed development. So the owners have put out an organic rotting banana to attract more insects for Phoebe, the mother to eat and provide to the chick. Evidently there have been alot of storms to reduce the insect population.

They are considering moving Sassy to a bird rehab center, but will leave her as long as possible in the nest. Phoebe is not sitting on the nest anymore but does feed Sassy and come back to shade her from the harsh afternoon sun. Reports are that in the morning, the chick is in significant torpor. (which hummers do to conserve energy).

I have seen Sassy exercising her wings, and that is a good sign.
But the consensus is that she hatched too soon. (the other chick died from hatching too soon as well).

Sad update:
 

The owner of the hummingbird cam has posted today, that
the chick, Sassy, will be removed and taken to a rehab to get
more nutrition and care.

Phoebe sat on the chick all day yesterday, and has cut back on feeding frequency... so sometime today, the chick will be moved.

This will free Phoebe up for another breeding cycle, also.

Observers think Sassy is exhausting Phoebe, who is not young anymore herself.

edit.... Sassy has been removed, and the cam is showing an empty nest. I don't know if Phoebe will return to this one or build another.
I'll post on this thread any further news.

Another hummingbird nest:
 

This is a link to another nest not too far from Phoebe's.

This nest just had one egg hatch today!
It is the same type of bird, with the same beautiful feathers!

The camera is looking down into the nest so you can see more!


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Sad news
 

Sassy, the chick has passed away early Sat morning. I guess she was doomed from the start, being born during that awful storm.

The cam at Phoebe's has been moved to show her new nest, while she puts the finishing touches on it. She must be ready to lay a new clutch.

The two little new chicks at the other cam are doing well, and seem normal.

Phoebe has fixed up an older nest, and today, has laid her first egg in it! The cam is up and operational at the new nest site:

The link has changed, it is now:


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Velcro and Zipper at the other Hummingbird cam...in Calif.

are just totally the cutest ever. They will be leaving the nest very soon, so if you want to see some really moving things...


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I have a screen shot in my siggie currently as a sample.;)

How wonderful
 

Thank you for sharing that, it made me smile :winky: