Thanks Natalie. Yes, the little hummers are amazing creatures in so many ways.
One year several years ago I was lucky enough to get a series of photos starting from mama hummingbird building the nest, the the appearance of two tiny eggs, followed by almost daily photos of the growing chicks up until the day they flew off. And shortly after that a mama hummer (I assume the same one) rebuilt the nest and laid two eggs. Sadly, a predator got to the eggs while the mother was off feeding.
Since then, although we continue to have two different species visiting the feeder many times every day, I haven't spotted a nest. I'm sure there have been several somewhere in our back yard jungle, but I haven't found them.
Beautiful butterfly, MFI. What is the species?
One year several years ago I was lucky enough to get a series of photos starting from mama hummingbird building the nest, the the appearance of two tiny eggs, followed by almost daily photos of the growing chicks up until the day they flew off. And shortly after that a mama hummer (I assume the same one) rebuilt the nest and laid two eggs. Sadly, a predator got to the eggs while the mother was off feeding.
Since then, although we continue to have two different species visiting the feeder many times every day, I haven't spotted a nest. I'm sure there have been several somewhere in our back yard jungle, but I haven't found them.
Beautiful butterfly, MFI. What is the species?
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