Nesting hummingbird in better light

[DP]

Trying not to stress it so I use the SX40 zoomed out...

[rgG]

So cute.

[JoeM]

Nice!

[cbelt3]

The little ones are SO adorable when they are hatched and start flying. A whole tribe of them lived in the pine trees in my inlaws back yards. My mother in law always had at least four or five feeders going.. they would swarm around her when she came out to work in her flower garden, like an adoring squadron. I remember the amazing feeling when one landed on my outstretched hand and took a sip from a bottle cap of nectar I was holding.

Humming birds are just .. magic.

[$tevie]

Great photos. A sincere "wow"!

[DP]

A textbook nest. I emphasized with italics:

"As soon as mating is over, the female Ruby-throated Hummingbird has little to do with the male, or vice versa. She selects a suitable place for her nest--often atop a small downward-slanting branch overhanging an open area or stream but sometimes on a large horizontal limb--and then spends many hours collecting spider webs and plant parts that she weaves into a small cup about with an inner diameter of about 4cm; the outside of the nest is about 6cm tall. Adorned with bits of gray-green lichen that camouflage it perfectly, the nest is lined with soft plant down, and within a few days the female lays the first of two tiny pea-sized (8mm x 13mm) white eggs. Occasionally there is only one egg in the clutch, but almost never are there three; apparently two is the optimal number of chicks the female can care for, and having three demanding nestlings would probably lead to the death of all the young."

[hal]

NICE dp! I've never seen a hummer nest...

[Ombligo]

There better be baby pictures forthcoming...

[Black]

Pervert!

[Black]

hal wrote:
NICE dp! I've never seen a hummer nest...

I am surprised you can say hummer here.