When the trees across the back of our yard were trimmed a month ago, I wouldn't let the workmen go near "the hummingbird habitat" where I annually find a little homebody raising a family. From the outset I would find her flying around this area, and today Ken spotted her nest. She must be planning for quintuplets from the size of the nursery! We won't bother her just now, but will watch for when she has babies to feed. We'll wait for her to go gathering food and get some pictures of the new arrivals!
They are so CUTE. We had a hummingbird nest with babies last season..... on our front porch. I posted a photo or two of them. We've been sorry we haven't had a repeat this year. This is precious. (Check out Ron's similar shot within the past day or two.)
@aglennc@allie912 Wow you two were quick! I was writing a note for Anne who had never seen a hummingbird nest, and I posted last year's photos. Thanks for the fave and look forward with me to what's to come! (I also see that a year ago Frosty was a mommy, so wondering what's happening in her life this year!)
Oh, my, what a wonderful find!!!! I have hummingbirds now fluttering around the orange flowers outside my kitchen window, but so far I have not been able to capture them this year. And, I have NEVER seen one of their nests, so I am grateful to you for posting this! I will be on the lookout for one should they decide to nest in our yard, but I suspect they go to bigger trees in the neighborhood. This is wonderful, and I am looking forward to photos of the babies!!
What a wonderful thing to have in your garden! I was only watching an article about hummingbirds last night...amazing birds! and I've never seen one! We have some nest building going on here too in chilly UK but nothing quite so exotic!
@hbdaly You actually make a good point... Because she's "a little fluttery thing", if we spend an hour in the yard, we can easily see her flying back and forth across the backdrop of trees in the yard. When she returns again and again to the same spot, we know where to go start looking! That said, she's quite camouflaged, up and into the foliage, and we'll keep her address secret!
Here she was last year at almost the same time http://365project.org/Weezilou/365/2014-02-27 ...later with the growing babies http://365project.org/Weezilou/365/2014-03-31 and just minutes before the first one flew the nest http://365project.org/Weezilou/365/2014-04-03. Perhaps others will also enjoy seeing what we'll look forward to again!