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Hummingbird Cam -- Orange County, California

Quote from Joe Dellwo:
"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. I've been broadcasting her nest for the past 2 years."

Link to cam: http://cam.dellwo.com/" rel="nofollow"> http://cam.dellwo.com/
or http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hummingbird-nest-cam



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As of January 1, 2011 :
Phoebe laid one egg January 1, 2011
Pheobe laid the second egg January 4, 2011
First egg ..Bea hatched January 18,2011
Second egg.. Jay hatched January 20, 2011
Bea and Jay fledged successfully February 14, 2011.

SECOND CLUTCH 2011
Phoebe laid one egg February 21,2011
Phoebe laid second egg February 24,2011
Twins..Haruka and Kouki pre dawn hatch March 12, 2011.
Haruka and Kouki Fledged successfully on April 6, 2011.

THIRD CLUTCH 2011
Phoebe laid one egg April 11, 2011 .
Phoebe laid second egg April 14, 2011.
First egg .. Scout hatched pre dawn April 28, 2011
Second egg.. Che CHe.. was partly hatched ..was stuck to Phoebe's foot when Phoebe went to leave the nest and accidently fell to the ground April 30, 2011.Pungh retuned the egg to the nest.. Che Che was taken out of the nest on May 1 by Pungh and is in the care of a rehabber..
Che Che passed away some time after 11pm May 2, 2011.
Scout Fledged successfully on May 20, 2011.

FOURTH CLUTCH 2011
Phoebe laid one egg May 22, 2011
Phoebe laid second egg May 24, 2011.
First Egg Joplin hatched June 8, 2011.
Second Egg Heather hatched June 9, 2011.
Joplin fledged successfully July 2, 2011
Heather Fledged successfully July 3, 2011.

Monday, January 18th

Phoebe is still incubating her two eggs which are due to hatch very soon.

YIPPEE The thread is opened ~~ i am so looking forward to seeing the eggs hatch again !!!
Phoebe just flew back with nesting material .

Phoebe listening to some banging going on around the property

Bev .

ONE EGG HATCHED

Egg hatched before dawn ~~ i could see the chick moving ~~so thrilling and then Phoebe fed her /him

Bev

Good Morning Bev

How exciting ! I just saw the wee one a minute ago. :clap2:

Here are the other pictures


Some exciting Judy ~~ the egg hatched before dawn ~~ was there for the announcement !!

Bev .

GOOD EVENING ~~SECOND CHICK HATCHED :clap2:~ SHELL IS STILL ON BUTT ~VERY WINDY AT NEST . UNABLE TO GET BETTER SHOTS CAM IS CUTTING IN AND OUT .~~BEV .

I'm very Happy:love:

the photos of yesterday approximately hours 8 pm in Italy