We came from here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/973050/
I caught a glimpse of one baby in nest number 5. I am very excited to see the little phantom pooper is indeed a baby hummer, and hopefully there is another one in the nest as well. The shady location makes photographing challenging and most of my shots come out horribly blurry or washed out, but I will do my best to document the activity in this nest. Here is one pic of the baby:
Here is one more shot from a distance. Mom was nearby but not on the nest when I showed up, so I left pretty quickly so she could get back to her babies.
those are pretty good shots i am looking foward to more
hopefully you can get 2 babes
That's amazing, sunnyg, to find 5 hummer nests! I've never found even ONE in these woods.
Since you're in California, I know they're not ruby-throats, but are they Allen's? Calliope? Anna's? Or are do the females of all the western hummers look too much alike to tell?
Sherry
Thanks so much...I will keep messing around with the settings on my camera/time of day to take pics etc., and see if I can get any better with these funky conditions.
Sherry, I think these have all been Anna's. The good folks on here helped me ID the female on the first nest as an Anna's, and these other females look pretty similar. In fact, I believe I watched this same female raise two little babies, after the eggs fell out of that first nest. (the nest "style" was similar, her red marking on her throat looked the same, and she had a habit of trying to poop on my head. LOL). Here is the thread where I got the ID: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/950657/
Sunny, that first picture where you can see baby's beak is GREAT! Not a problem for me to see! I will be following this thread when I get back in town ;) WTG, Sunny!
Thanks Cissy :-).
There are two beaks! I took these pics as it was getting dark, so bear with me here. LOL.
Mom came in for a feeding...the first one I've seen at this nest. I took pics, but by that time it had gotten even darker...the white spot is her eye, if that helps any.
Guess who I saw today? :-). You can see the tip of the other baby's beak on the right.
another:
Last shot for today. "Feed me, Mom!" I didn't hear mom around, but was with several people so we left so the babies could be fed asap.
they are so sweet pretty soon both heads will be showing they are growing fast
They certainly are...here is a shot from yesterday. It looks like they are feathering out nicely already. I'll check on them a bit later this afternoon and see what's happening today :-).
what a shot, they are soo cute i had my pair buzz by my head yesterday rolling around in the air they are soo funny, i just love it when they are here, i just dont have much to feed them i tried the feeder with no luck. the plants i have should be blooming soon hope they can wait that long. how high up is the nest. are you climbing a tree to get these shots??
I just wanted to let everyone know that the babies have fledged. I've had a lot going on and wasn't able to watch or photograph them as I would have liked, but the last time I saw them they were pretty big. When I went out yesterday, they were gone. :-)
