Because of the picture on the HOME page I wanted to post this........
This has been out since 2005, and hope you have not seen it.
Birth of a Hummingbird
This is truly amazing. Be sure to click on NEXT PAGE at the bottom of each
page; there are 5 pages in all. A lady found a hummingbird nest and got
pictures all the way from the egg to leaving the nest. Took 24 days from
birth to flight. Because you'll probably never in your lifetime see this
again, enjoy.
Click on this link or copy and paste it into your browser:
http://community-2.webtv.net/Velpics/HUM/
Bob
~~~ Fly Fish the Cumberland, it will make you live longer.~~~
That's amazing. I love birds. Birdwatching is supposedly the fastest growing sport in the US. (Strangely enough it is considered a sport) I recently started it myself.
May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it. ~Irish Blessing~
rst,
Thanks for the link! Amazing photos!
Doug
Enjoying the joys of others and suffering with them- these are the best guides for man. A.E.
Bob,
Absolutely wonderful! The miracle of birth is always something wonderful to behold!
Thanks for the wonderful link.
For God's sake, Don't Quote me! I'm Probably making this crap up!
Thank you Bob. That was amazing! I think hummingbirds are my favorites.
Very nice post rst, Bob,
Until that proportion/reference photo, my minds eye had that nest at about half a grapefruit size.
Mark
Very nice.
My good friends have a hummingbird nest on their back porch. The hummingbirds built their nest on top of one of the small party lights they have stringing along the perimeter of their porch. The light gives off just enough heat to keep them warm without the danger of cooking the eggs now in it. The nest is no bigger than a tennis ball cut in half and actually I think it is even smaller than that. The momma doesn't seem to be bothered when my friends go out back, but with the laying of the eggs they now don't go out back and just watch the nest and birds through their kitchen windows. They even have the gardener skip cutting the back lawn for now.
Trout don't speak Latin.
They are a unique bird for sure.
Really glad you folks enjoyed the link. Hummingbirds are definitely my favorite bird. We entice them to stay around our back deck all summer long with feeders and hanging baskets designed to attract these birds, and it's amazing how they interact with humans at times.
Lots of summer mornings I will eat breakfast on the deck; its open aired but has a woodsy looking cedar shingle type roof, and the Hummers just fly in and out of there like jets with their after burners on full bore. When by chance I "forget" to replenish the feeders, which has happened a few times, I hear about it "right now." And by that I mean I will be sitting there reading the paper and putting down the "over easys and coffee" when I will hear the wings humming and look up to see a Hummingbird about 10 inches from my face just floating there staring at me, eye to eye, not afraid, and not moving away. This has happened enough times, and it seems to always be when the feeders are empty, that I am convinced that they are telling me; "the feeder's empty Bucko!"
But anyway, a neat bird for sure and we always look forward to seeing them arrive in the spring.
Last edited by rst; 03-26-2008 at 02:55 AM.
Bob
~~~ Fly Fish the Cumberland, it will make you live longer.~~~
Jack, I agree with you. I love to watch hummingbirds buzz around and spar with each other. Maybe someday, TV will show something as good, but I am not holding my breath.
Ed
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