A nest in an artificial "tree" may have more heat than what MommaHummer planned. It happened to some swallows in a nest under our metal roof porch
deck. Everyone was doing wonderful until a couple scorcher hot days.
I'm especially concerned since she looks familiar.
I can't remember if they hatch in 14 days and leave the nest in 21 days, or vice versa.
Looks like it's the 14 days to hatch and 21 days to mature. It's a relief to see a chick after worrying about the heat under the tarp, but doesn't
seem to have hurt anyone.
Looks like she is a good mama. She didn't mind me watching her feed the tiny one. She probably figured I was no threat after enduring the party the
other night. (But we did leave the lights off around the ez-up.)
The 2nd egg hasn't hatched yet. I suspect it isn't going to based on docsmom's information about the eggs hatching a day apart.
My question is, should I try to remove the egg from the nest? My thought is to just let it be and let nature take it's course. But part of me says it
will build up gases inside over the next couple of weeks and I would not want to see it break and harm the surviving chick.
If, it doesn't hatch and there is gas build up, is it probable that the egg would crack and release the pressure more gradually than an "explosion"?
I'm just guessing to support a reluctance to interfere with the success thus far.
BMG,
My advise is to leave it alone and let nature take it's course. It's not the first nest with a problem egg or problem baby, the Mama will deal with
it in the appropriate manner. These are things we shouldn't interfere with....
Please keep a respectful distance and keep the updates coming. I'm loving them!!!!!
Thanks,
Docsmom
The chick is growing daily. Nothing new with the egg except it seems to have become a pillow.
Big enough already to get his/her head above the rim of the nest (but apparently not his/her butt.) I never realized that baby hummingbirds were the
inspiration for sword swallowers.
No feeder. She feeds on the bougainvilleas you can see in the background in some pics.
She's quite used to me now. If I get on the stool to take a picture and she sees me, she comes flying right over and hovers about 8" from my face.
She'll feed the chick with me standing only a foot or so away.
Our old shade cover picked last night to rip out. I rigged up some ropes to keep the material from flapping too much and keep the nest shaded. She
didn't seem to be bothered even with all this activity going on.
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