Anna's Hummingbird Babies: Hatch to Fledge TIMELAPSE
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 เม.ย. 2024
- Watch a baby hummingbird break out of the egg! We were able to follow a mother Anna’s Hummingbird named “Silver” who built her nest in a Bougainvillea bush and laid two eggs.
Our stream began on the 14th day after the second egg was laid. And it was just in time, because a couple of hours later, Silver’s first chick hatched. The newborn was fed and our focus shifted to the other egg. Fortunately, the second egg did not hatch overnight so we were hoping to observe the hatch happening during the day.
Silver fed her chick all day long and finally in the late afternoon, we saw a crack in the second egg. Our community named the babies Lilac and Lily. Silver fed them and took care of them and she even protected them from the rain.
Silver handled a tense situation very well when the Arizona sun was shining fiercely. She fed Lilac and Lily frequently and provided them with shade. The chicks grew and practiced flapping their wings.
On the 25th day, Lilac became frightened by something and flew from the nest to the rocks below. Tori rescued her and returned her to a branch near the nest, where she was fed by Silver. After her accidental foray from the nest, Lilac started to spend a lot of time on the branches, and when she was ready she said goodbye to Lily and left. The next morning she returned and our Anna’s family was reunited. Lilac began to fly in and out of the nest for two days, perhaps trying to encourage Lily to follow. At 27 days, Lily began exploring the branches and finally left the Bougainvillea bush behind. Lily visited the bush for the next few days and Silver fed her there. Then we were watching an empty nest and we knew that Lilac and Lily were out exploring the world.
But the end of something often means the beginning of something else. Another bird began collecting nesting material from Silver’s nest.
Welcome to the live hummingbird nest cam of Silver, our little Anna's Hummingbird mother. You can see exclusive live footage of the mother bird keeping the eggs warm until the babies hatch and learn to fly. The nest is located in Litchfield Park, Arizona, where this little hummingbird built her nest in a Bougainvillea bush. Watch this little miracle of nature unfold before your eyes!
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🧾 Frequently Asked Questions
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❓What species of hummingbird is this?
This is an Anna's Hummingbird.
❓When did the mother hummingbird laid her eggs?
The first egg was laid on February 24. The second egg was laid on February 26.
❓How long do hummingbirds incubate their eggs?
Hummingbirds incubate the eggs for 15 to 18 days.
❓When did the babies hatch?
The first baby hatched on March 11 and the second on March 12.
❓How many clutches do hummingbirds have?
Hummingbirds usually have two to three clutches each season.
❓When do baby hummingbirds open their eyes?
It usually takes more than a week for a baby’s eyes to open. On average, a newborn’s eyes are open 9 days after he has hatched.
❓What is the nest made from?
The nest is made from grasses and small twigs filled in with soft and fluffy fiber that the mother hummingbird finds on fuzzy plants like seed pods, dandelion down, cottonwood and the like. The nest is held together with spider silk and is soft and spongy to accommodate the rapidly increasing size of the baby birds. To camouflage the nest she put paint chips on the outside to try to blend in with the house.
❓How can I help with the nest building?
You can supply soft material for the mother hummingbird to use in her nest. You can buy nesting material for your hummingbird here: amzn.to/3OxY3do
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What a lovely place for Silver to raise her chicks. Beautiful flowers!
Agreed. I love Bougainvillea blossoms!
What an awesome video. Thank you ❤I love God’s creation
was a delite to follow Silver and eggs to fledge
So beautiful! Thank you, Tori and Carole!
Oh my goodness! At one point, the babies are almost as big as Momma!
Thanks for this beautiful video! I enjoyed the livestream of this family very much too❣️❣️❣️
Remarkable footage ❤ !
Such a lovely video ❤
🤧😭beautiful video, tysm HBS ❤Tori for hosting 💖. It was a absolute pleasure to learn more about AZ conditions and annas ❤
What a wonderful Mom!
Absolutely, amazing and stunning to watch those beautiful hummingbirds on video. They are sooo enchanting and magical!! ❤
Watching all of these events unfold in realtime was an extraordinary experience! So many thanks to Carole, Tori and everyone who made it happen!
Absolutely beautiful. Thank you.
Silver is such a great hummingbird mama! ❤ Love these amazing little birds!
Carole, that was so amazing! Thank you so much!
So precious. Congrats Silver.❤
Beautiful setting! Busy mamá ❤❤❤
The second bird is a verdin. It makes a nest shaped like a hollow ball with an entrance low on one side.
I was amused to see it helping itself to the hummingbird nest. It makes a lot of sense to plunder that resource - a hummingbird nest contains spiderweb silk. The silk is strong and stretchy.
Did you notice how the hummingbird nest expanded as the chicks grew? It was able to do that due to the spider silk.
Now the verdin will use that strong silk to form her hollow nest and help hold it together. This is recycling in the bird world!
ETA: I live in Tucson, where both bird species are native. The plant which the nest was in is a bougainvillea, which is native to South America and frequently used as an ornamental bush or vine here in the desert southwest. The name is pronounced as “bo-gan-VEE-ya.” In Spanish, a double L is a Y sound. For example, cholla is pronounced “CHOY-ah.” (It is a kind of cactus.)
If you ever visit Tucson, I highly recommend that you make time to visit the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum just west of the city. It is far more interesting than it sounds because it is more like a garden combined with a zoo.
Their crown jewel (in my opinion) is a hummingbird aviary which people may walk through and get to see these beautiful flying jewels.
In addition to eating nectar, the hummingbird catches small flying insects such as gnats. After all, they also need protein to live, not just sugary water.
I am so glad I stumbled into this channel today. I love hummingbirds and planted lots of the kinds of flowers in my yard which they favor.
This is absolutely amazing.
Beautiful! ❤
Great video. The bird that comes to dismantle the nest is a Verdin.
Was that nest lined with cotton wool?
It was organic cotton nesting material from a wild bird supply store.