I was quite excited last week when my husband discovered a hummingbird nest in our front yard. This is the first hummer nest I've ever seen since they are so small and so well camouflaged. Using binoculars, every day I've been watching the female hummer working on the nest and today I set up a ladder and got a few shots of her in the nest. I was careful setting up and shooting because I don't want to scare her away permanently. Not knowing anything about hummingbird nests, I checked online and learned that they build velvety, compact cups with spongy floors and elastic sides that stretch as the young grow. They weave together soft material like moss, lichen, cotton fluffs, plant fibers, and leaf hairs. Spider silk is used as threads to bind their nests together and anchor them to the foundation.
I'll continue observing the nest activities from afar and hopefully I'll be able to get some photos of the baby hummingbirds when they appear.
Awww, this is so dear. I put the lint from my clothes dryer on one of my patio tables and it's always used by the birds for their nests. I've not seen a hummingbird take any lint though. Be careful on your ladder!
This is just adorable - I've never seen a nest (that I know of) and most definitely not one with a hummingbird in it. What terrific focus on this. It will be so exciting to watch. Fav
What a beautiful capture. And thank you for the information you shared about the materials used in the building of a hummingbird nest; very interesting!
