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Welcome to the 2013/2014 season of the Victoria , BC Hummingbird Nest

Thank you Eric Pittman for this cam and thank you HWF for featuring it on your website .. along with a nest thread where we can post our observations, scaps and videos.........giving us an interesting look into the lives of one of our smaller birds...

Link to Erics home site.. Hummingbirds Up Close

FaceBook...HERE

Link to 2012/ 2013 Nest thread..HERE

Eric Pittman has been recording several families of Anna’s Hummingbirds in Victoria, British Columbia, including Sugar, Tweet and Fluff. Their nests are all located in several of the trees in Erics beautiful yard.....Their nesting season is from December to July. During that time period the female 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 nearly fledged chicks! 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...



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FLOWER is incubating her eggs
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Cam on Line.... Sun.Feb.2, 2014

First Clutch for Flower

Eggs Laid.... Eric said Flower laid her eggs a couple of days ago.. so i am thinking Jan.30 and 31..approx dates......... and she has her nest in a California Lilac Tree....

Hatched....Both eggs hatched Feb.17, 2014.......and the chicks are called Wind and Rain.......... they both hatched in a wind and rain storm............

Fledged...Wind Fledged MArch 22 at 8:53am at 33 days old......Came back later in the day and spent the night on the nest. Rain Fledged March 23 at 12:56pm at 34 days old.....

Observation Thread Closed....March 28, 2014.....

Second Clutch for Flower

Cam on line.....March 31, 2014.
Eric said Flower has two eggs........
Eggs Hatched...April 16, 2014

Fledged...... Polly and Nate fledged May 7 ..they were 22 days old..........

Third Clutch for Flower

Eggs Laid......... May 5 and 6..No cam available.

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Incubation Period for eggs...
16- 18days

Fledge Time
21- 28days


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Sunday...Feb.2, 2014,


Good Afternoon Friends.. and Thank You Eric for this cam.

Thank You Gail for the heads up


3:10pm

Flower is sitting in her nice fluffy nest...


3:12pm
She is a sweetie

3:35pm
FLower has a full crop.. and her gorget is gorgeous.......