Victoria BC - Hummingbird Nest

This Cam shows an Anna's Hummingbird - named Tweet - daughter of Sweetie Bird.
It is in a garden in Victoria BC and is being shown under the HWF umbrella.

Her nesting season is from December to August, during which time she will lay a pair of eggs every 6 weeks.

Link to the Camera
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There is a wealth of Hummingbird information at Eric's home site
Hummingbirds Up Close

Tweet is an Anna’s Hummingbird. Nesting in a garden in Victoria BC.
Her nesting season is from December to August. During that time period will lay two eggs almost every six weeks. In fact, when one batch of chicks gets too large for her to sit on, she will make another nest and lay another two eggs and she sits on those while still feeding her near fledged chicks!

Laying the eggs
She lays two eggs, about a day and a half apart. This becomes obvious in the development of the chicks because one is always a bit ahead of the other, in hatching, feeding and even fledging. You get to realize just how vital a single day can be in the life of a hummingbird when you see how fast they develop.

The eggs
The eggs are about the size of coffee beans and have a soft papery shell. When the chick emerges, the shell collapses like a soft paper bag and becomes part of the nest floor. The chicks have no little point on their beak like other birds so they break through the eggshell by simply getting to big for it and splitting it like a sprout out of a seed.

Tweets left her nest on March 11, 2011 when her only egg didn't hatch...:cry1:

As of May 24, 2011..We are now following Fluff who has two eggs..


First Clutch 2011
Fluff laid both eggs around May 12, 2011
Both eggs hatched May 31, 2011

7th March 2011
2:45 pm
Tweet is almost hidden in this afternoon light

Pat.....this nest is spectacular with the flowering tree around it!

She is a beautiful "bleu" hummingbird,or at least has some pretty blue patches. I will be back!
carolyn

Tweets Meets Tweet!


Pat thanks for introducing another beautiful hummer cam! Tweet left the nest for a few minutes. Is there an egg there or have they hatched? The wind was blowing and the cam was a bit distorted.
Great discription of Hummers!

8:36 a.m.
Tweet was off the nest long enough to catch a glimpse of at least one egg

She returned with fluff to add to her nest.

Thanks! You answered my question Judy!