Welcome to the 2011/ 2012 season of Phoebe.. the Orange County, California Hummingbird Nest .


Cap of Phoebe feeding Heather and Joplin.. Courtesy of deewerms.. thank you Doreen..

Quote from Joe Dellwo: 2010
"Phoebe is a Channel Island Allen (S.s. sedentarius) hummingbird. Her nest is located in Orange County, California..She has been laying 4 to 5 clutches each year for several years now... I've been recording her nest for the past two years..
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Phoebe's nesting season is from October to June.. her clutches consist of two eggs almost every six weeks.. Phoebe has 5 nests located in the host's front courtyard in a rose bush .. she will often repair one of them when one batch of chicks gets too big for her to sit on going back and forth to feed them and will have it ready for her next clutch... sometimes she has been known to lay her eggs before the other chicks fledge. Female hummingbirds do not let male hummingbirds near a nest because the male hummingbird's bright colors might alert predators in the nest area..male hummingbirds will also attack a female hummingbird that enters his territory that he has not mated with...after the female mates with him, she will be allowed to roam his territory without too much worry...
Thank you to Pungh for this cam and the opportunity to view and learn about these beautiful birds..

Links to the cam...
Phoebe Allens Web Cam.HERE
UStream Cam.HERE

Link to 2010/ 2011Nesting season...forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=942

Incubation Period for eggs
16-18days

Fledge Time
21-28days

Cam On..Nov.13, 2011
Eggs Laid
First egg laid.. Nov.22, 2011.
Second egg laid ..Nov. 25, 2011
First egg hatched BOB... pre dawn.. Dec.10, 2011.
Second egg hatched ROSE.. pre dawn...Dec.11, 2011.
Bob Fledged Jan.2, 2012, at 11:58am.
Rose Fledged Jan.5, 2012, at 8:35am.

Second Clutch
First egg laid... Jan. 24, 2012.
Second egg laid...Jan. 27, 2012.
First egg hatched..predawn Feb.10, 2012
Second egg hatched .. predawn Feb.12, 2012.
Sansa Fledged March 4, 2012 at 3:13pm.( 23 days old )
Arya Fledged March 5 , 2012 at 4:41pm ( 22 days old )

Third Clutch
First Egg Laid... March 12, 2012.
Second Egg Laid.. March 15, 2012.
First Egg ..Mary Jo.. Pre Dawn Hatch..March 29, 2012.
Second Egg.. Woody.. Pre Dawn Hatch..March 31, 2012
A Bird attacked the nest April 15, 2012 and both chicks died..:cry1:

Fourth Clutch
First Egg Laid..April 22, 2012.
Second Egg Laid..April 24, 2012.
Both eggs were lost to a crow at 10:30am May 3 , 2012.:cry1:

Fifth Clutch
First Egg Laid..June 5, 2012
Second Egg Laid ..June 7, 2012.
First Egg.. Flash..hatched..June 22, 2012 at 5:15pm.. 17 days
Second Egg ..Opal..hatched..June 23, at 2:15pm... 16 days.
Flash Fledged Mon.July 16,( 24days old.) at 7:19pm.. came back to nest many times..
Opal Fledged Wed.July 18 (25 days old) at 7:11am....

Reserved

whooohooooo A new thread for Pheobe!!! I'm so eggcited :cheerguy:
Oh Bev, this is going to be such fun, I can hardly wait, I'm going to Bookmark this spot right away

Quote by: GailM

whooohooooo A new thread for Pheobe!!! I'm so eggcited :cheerguy:
Oh Bev, this is going to be such fun, I can hardly wait, I'm going to Bookmark this spot right away

Hi Gail..Thank you and i too am looking forward to another season with Phoebe and all of you..it will be wonderful..

eta

Sept.30, 2011.

I just saw this on the Phoebe Allen Web Cam

Quote by: IrishEyes

Quote by: GailM

whooohooooo A new thread for Pheobe!!! I'm so eggcited :cheerguy:
Oh Bev, this is going to be such fun, I can hardly wait, I'm going to Bookmark this spot right away

Hi Gail..Thank you and i too am looking forward to another season with Phoebe and all of you..it will be wonderful..

eta
Sept.30, 2011.

I just saw this on the Phoebe Allen Web Cam

eta..
Oct. 11, 2011.
I read on Phoebe's face book that it might be the end of Oct. before Phoebe returns....

Hi Bev and Gail! How delightful. Would it not be fun to know where she goes? Now we can all wonder.......
smiles,
carolyn

Mr Pungh posted this on this on Facebook today.....
"I saw Phoebe checking out the rose bush briefly a couple times and she sat in the yucca for 45 minutes yesterday. So, I think she is reclaiming her territory. I haven't heard much mating activity yet, but hopefully she'll be nesting soon."
We miss you Phoebe, my calendar says it's time
Hummer hugs Bev and Carolyn, I can hardly wait.
btw: Congrats Carolyn on the Topic Assistant, you are going to be great at it, I love your writing

Quote by: GailM

Mr Pungh posted this on this on Facebook today.....
"I saw Phoebe checking out the rose bush briefly a couple times and she sat in the yucca for 45 minutes yesterday. So, I think she is reclaiming her territory. I haven't heard much mating activity yet, but hopefully she'll be nesting soon."
We miss you Phoebe, my calendar says it's time
Hummer hugs Bev and Carolyn, I can hardly wait.
btw: Congrats Carolyn on the Topic Assistant, you are going to be great at it, I love your writing

Hi Gail..Thank you for posting this information....

Hi Carolyn...Great to see you here.. i echo what Gail said.. you know that...