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[semyaza]

Ruby-throated Hummingbird Chicks /Raptor Education Group, Inc.
We are delighted to share a video featuring two of our tiniest patients. A nest, complete with tiny Ruby-throated Hummingbird chicks arrived yesterday after it came down in a storm. We were not able to replace it, but will continue to try when weather clears. Few people have the

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[shirebound]

Omigosh! So incredibly tiny!

[semyaza]

And eager!

[xylohypha]

Hummingbirds!

[semyaza]

Such a beautiful little nest, too.

[chamekke]

What a wonderful video!

(My icon btw is of an Anna's hummingbird reproaching me for getting in the way of "his" hummingbird feeder on "his" balcony.)

[semyaza]

They're aggressive little SoBs. :D Sometimes I think they expend more energy chasing each other away from the feeder than in actual feeding. I haven't been good about the feeder just lately. I've had so many other things on my mind. I love having them here during the winter though, especially now that I've found a way to keep the nectar from freezing.

[thinkum]

At my parents' place in Arizona, there was a tin lantern directly outside the kitchen window, where a hummingbird annually made her nest. It was fascinating to watch her raise chicks at such a close range, and then see them fledge. Wonderful creatures.