The mama hummingbird from the spring reclaimed her nest on my patio

[catzies]

and laid two more eggs! She raised two, and they flew away in July.

This is the new clutch, laid yesterday; we'll see the babies in about 3 weeks.

[supernova]

1. Awww, how cute!

I thought they flew south for the winter?

[catzies]

2. I'm in Southern California and it's been 80+ degrees all week.

She's no dummy. :)

[supernova]

3. Heh. Then she should stay put.

:-)

We expect flurries this evening. :bounce:

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

5. I'm in CA too, but the hummingbirds here (Silicon Valley) vanished...

I have a large feeder on my patio, and they were draining it every 2-3 days. Then, when the weather changed, adios amigos...but they certainly are cool to watch when they're around!

:toast:

[slor]

4. Do not let...

paula von zahnfuhrer hear about it.

[Goathead]

6. Wow, that is cool

I like the mirror on the boom that you have there. Are they Ruby throated hummingbirds?

[Zomby Woof]

7. excellent!

:-)

[tjdee]

8. They're so tiny!

Once I saw a tiny little buzzy thing, thought it was a huge bug or something...videotaped it....it kept hovering by the flowers, so we thought it might have been a hummingbird, and it was. Very tiny, little wings moving quite quickly.

Uh, unless that wasn't a hummingbird, in which case.....sigh.

[Ready4Change]

9. Scale?

Is that really tiny? How big is the mirror? Nickle sized? Quarter sized?

[catzies]

10. That mirror is 3 inches in diameter, and the nest is anchored to a chain

by hummingbird spit (I guess :P ) and it's made mostly of dryer lint. :D

I noticed it first last May and it's been empty since July. I'm so delighted she came back, I feel like she trusts me.

She was here 5 - 7 days before the egss were laid (yesterday). It's even built up a little bit more at the top than it was last year.

Each chain link is 1 1/2 in. long and 1 in. wide, so basically the nest in 3 in. long and 1 1/2 in. wide.

They're on top of a hanging plant I try not to disturb, but bless their hearts, they're 6 feet from my front door at the end of the alcove and no matter how quiet I am, I always startle her and she flies away for a minute.

I have lots of pics from the first two babies. They flew away in July. Here's the last pic I got of them before they fledged.