Hummingbird update - the eggs have hatched!

[catzies]

Updating this archived thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=1112826

(Pictures coming a little later, because I now have a Photobucket account.)

Anyway...she sits on the edge of the nest and regurgitates into two tiny beaks (I can see them!).

:bounce:

[MuseRider]

1. I can't wait

to see the pictures! Wait until they get a little bigger, they look like little bowling pins sitting up in the nest. How wonderful that you get to see this so close.

[catzies]

2. Here they are! I'm an auntie! There are definitely two babies.

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Earth_First]

3. That is amazing...

There is a property that we tend to that has a wood duck on a nest with four eggs for the hatching...she comes out into the yard everytime we are at the property...

[Lou_C]

4. Aw Babies

Keep posting pictures as they get bigger.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. That is cool. Our robins hatched the other day

I can't believe the cat has not ransacked them yet.

[Lou_C]

6. What color are her feathers?

You should get some worms and place them in a bowl so that she can feed her babies.

[catzies]

7. Thanks. I didn't know that. I'll go get some.

Her belly and cheeks are rust-colored. She has a little dark spot at the center of her throat, surrounded by a white breast. Everything else is iridescent green.

edit: color corrections

[Philosophy]

9. Humming birds don't eat worms

They eat almost all flower nectar, supplemented by a few very small insects and spiders.

[Wcross]

8. Fantastic!!! I demand you post more!!!!

I am so jealous right now! Please post some when they first start flying! Oh, did I mention I was jealous?