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So cute!

SDRonni - 4-15-2010 at 09:27 AM

Here's a hummingbird nest in the ficus tree by our front door. I hope the photo attaches properly......

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Mulegena - 4-15-2010 at 11:32 AM

This is a lovely glimpsy into a tiny bit of Nature that is "hidden in plain sight". The nest building is a wonderful work of architecture. Appreciate the dime showing perspective, but perhaps in future photography could you not place any objects in the nests? Just a gentle suggestion.
Thanks again for adding a bit of eye candy to our Nomad day.

LancairDriver - 4-15-2010 at 12:57 PM

Good photos! The dime was obviously placed with care and certainly will not negatively impact the birds, and shows perspective in what otherwise could be an Ostrich nest in the photo without it.

DianaT - 4-15-2010 at 01:23 PM

Great photo

I look forward to the photo of the baby birds when they are hatched. Hummingbirds are great.

Thanks
Diane

SDRonni - 4-15-2010 at 02:29 PM

Actually, the photo was taken by my neighbor when we were gone. I thought the same about the dime, which she did remove. The mama bird mustn't have minded because she's right back on her nest! There is a mourning dove who has built a nest on three rakes that are stored under a covering over our pool equipment. This one isn't so bright. We have found three broken eggs on the concrete below this nest. This morning, I saw a baby dove there already. I didn't know they would actually lay more eggs when they have a baby occupying the nest already!

docsmom - 4-20-2010 at 08:14 PM

If you can, without disturbing the nest, check it every day. You'll see the chicks hatch and then grow very quickly. I've yet to find any nests the last two years at our new home in Tucson but when we were in Las Vegas we had the "hummingbird maternity ward", many many nests in all the trees. They're fabulous to watch and they will return to build nests in the same place every year. Protect the location and have a great time! And continue the pix if you can---I love them!!
Thanks for sharing!
Kathy

Here's the mama!

SDRonni - 4-22-2010 at 01:29 PM

I'm trying to attach a photo of the mama hummingbird, but having trouble. I'll see if this works....looks like you have to copy and paste all, including the .jpg.....

http://s760.photobucket.com/albums/xx245/rechevar/Hummingbir...

[Edited on 4-22-2010 by SDRonni]

Udo - 4-22-2010 at 04:15 PM

Nice try Ronni, but the link did not work. It just took you to the photobucket site.

When in Photobucket, wave your cursor over the photo. A menu appears at the bottom of the photo. Click on the bottom link. Press ctrl X. The go back to the Nomad post. Write your photo description. Then 'enter' which will give you an extra line. Then press ctrl V to paste.

Very easy.
If the photo comes out larger or smaller than you would like, go to the photo menu above your pictures and you may then chose your size...small, medium, or large.

SDRonni - 4-22-2010 at 05:31 PM

Phooey! I give up. If you copy and paste the entire link, INCLUDING .JPG, it will take you to the actual photo. If you just click on the link, not including the .jpg, it will take you to Photobucket. Heck, the picture's probably not worth the bother, but I've just spent too much time trying to make it work. Don't know how it came out okay w/just the nest and now can't get the mama bird. Oh well.....................:?:

Wiles - 4-22-2010 at 05:50 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SDRonni
Phooey! I give up. If you copy and paste the entire link, INCLUDING .JPG, it will take you to the actual photo. If you just click on the link, not including the .jpg, it will take you to Photobucket. Heck, the picture's probably not worth the bother, but I've just spent too much time trying to make it work. Don't know how it came out okay w/just the nest and now can't get the mama bird. Oh well.....................:?:


SDRonni,
I took the liberty of capturing your photo and hope you don't mind me posting it here on your behalf. Thanks for sharing it with us.

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SDRonni - 4-22-2010 at 07:02 PM

Thank you so much! I checked today, and the eggs are still just eggs, though Mom is doing her best! As soon as I notice babies, I'll take photos and try to post again! Muchas gracias!

torch - 4-22-2010 at 07:25 PM

when I was growing up (I still am ) we had alot of humming birds nests in the eucalyptus trees around house year after year. It was pretty cool except for the dive bombs at your head when you got close the the nest.

ecomujeres - 4-22-2010 at 08:14 PM

Hope you don't mind my posting this related photo on your thread but it fits with the theme. These were two baby Xantus' hummingbirds we saw a week ago today at our friends' house in the Mulege valley. Mom (or dad, or both) seemed quite tolerant as a stream of us visited the nest to take photos.



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[Edited on 4-23-2010 by ecomujeres]

Baby hummers are here!

SDRonni - 4-23-2010 at 10:53 AM

Checked the nest this morning and voila! Baby hummers! Mama was off to get breakfast when I snapped this shot. I hope it comes through!

irenemm - 4-23-2010 at 03:08 PM

that is awesome thanks for this.
i think i will check some of my trees

Wiles - 4-23-2010 at 07:38 PM

WOW. Way cool. Thanks.

Russ - 4-23-2010 at 09:38 PM

I'm really enjoying your photo show. More please?
Not cute nor feathered or even related to this topic but this was crawling on the floor this am.

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Baby hummers day 2.....

SDRonni - 4-24-2010 at 11:25 AM

SDRonni - 4-24-2010 at 11:46 AM

By the way, Russ, what IS that thing?

Russ - 4-24-2010 at 03:35 PM

centipede? --- More hummers?

SDRonni - 4-24-2010 at 04:55 PM

I think centipedes have a nasty sting.......no, these are the same two babies, just a day older. I understand they grow really fast.

Russ - 4-24-2010 at 05:09 PM

From Wikipedia
Centipedes (from Latin prefix centi-, "hundred", and Latin pes, pedis, "foot") are arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda and the Subphylum Myriapoda. They are elongated metameric animals with one pair of legs per body segment. Despite the name, centipedes can have a varying number of legs from under 20 to over 300. All centipedes (discounting individual mutants) always have an odd number of pairs of legs, e.g. 15 or 17 pairs of legs (30 or 34 legs) but never 16 pairs (32 legs).[1][2] A key trait uniting this group is a pair of venom claws or forcipules formed from a modified first appendage. Centipedes are a predominantly carnivorous taxon.[3]:168

Centipedes normally have a drab coloration combining shades of brown and red. Cavernicolous and subterranean species may lack pigmentation and many tropical Scolopendromorphs have bright aposematic colors. Size can range from a few millimeters in the smaller Lithobiomorphs and Geophilomorphs to about 30 cm in the largest Scolopendromorphs. Centipedes can be found in a wide variety of environments.

Worldwide there are estimated to be 8,000 species.[4] Currently there are about 3,000 described species. Geographically, centipedes have a wide range, which reaches beyond the Arctic Circle.[5] Centipedes are found in an array of terrestrial habitats from tropical rainforests to deserts. Within these habitats centipedes require a moist micro-habitat because they lack the waxy cuticle of insects and arachnids, and so lose water rapidly through the skin.[6] Accordingly, they are found in soil and leaf litter, under stones and deadwood, and inside logs. In addition, centipedes are one of the largest terrestrial invertebrate predators and often they contribute a significant proportion to invertebrate predatory biomass in terrestrial ecosystems.
-so what was this doing on the floor?

[Edited on 4-25-2010 by Russ]

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