Volume 12 , Issue 19

Live Hummingbird Cam

We found this Live Cam of a Hummingbird on her nest waiting for her eggs to hatch. The Hummingbird's name is Phoebe, a Channel Island Allen hummingbird. Phoebe is known to lay 4 to 5 clutches each year. Her first egg was laid 4/23/2010, 7:45am; The second egg was laid 4/25/2010, 7:00am PST.

The nest is made of spider webs, plant parts and her feathers. Each egg is about the size of a jelly bean and a ping pong ball would be bigger than the entire nest. The eggs will hatch between 5/8/2010 to 5/10/2010 (today). Both eggs will hatch the same day. The chicks will stay in the nest until about 5/29/2010 before fledging.She will collect nectar, pollen, and tiny insects in her crop and return to the nest, where she regurgitates the food into the mouths of the nestlings.
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