There's a Hummingbird Nest In My Front Yard

[Zwielicht]

We were watering the plants in the front yard today when I noticed a nest on one of our string lights.

There's been a hummingbird in our front yard every day, so this explains why!

I managed to get a quick picture of the nest before the mother came back to confirm that there's an egg in there already.

It's a hot day, so we put some water in a bowl nearby.

There was a hummingbird that came into our house back on February 4th and perched on my hand, so it would be neat if it's the same one as back then.

 

[Dopious]

Cool .. you are a lucky guy, I never seen those IRL, tiny cool guys.

 

[Outlaw]

Ahhh man that's tiny, I love watching Billy Moore on YouTube going around chatting to communities

Starlings in Ireland will fly up and down fields playing with your dog, Billy was recording a woman out drinking called the Squirrel Lady I think in Liverpool...

I love adventures creatures, and anything small

 

[t2van]

Should have eaten it.

Would be in the top 1%

 

[Dopious]

Should have eaten it.

More suited as a toothpicker I guess.

 

[t2van]

More suited as a toothpicker I guess.

I dunno there's something about eating the unknown I mean all that humming and flower drinking it does.. has to make it an interesting taste

 

[Duck]

from the first picture, I thought it was a wasp nest

 

[leechesBleechin]

Cool .. you are a lucky guy, I never seen those IRL, tiny cool guys.

Put up a feeder, they really do flock to them, You will see a lot of other shit trying to get into it too

 

[Zwielicht]

from the first picture, I thought it was a wasp nest

That’s funny you say that, when I first spotted it, that’s what I was worried about as well. I got closer and saw it was just a nest, though.

 

[Dopious]

Put up a feeder, they really do flock to them, You will see a lot of other shit trying to get into it too

Thing is, we don`t have them in my country.

 

[Word Wizard]

My mother loves hummingbirds. She puts out a feeder every year to watch them, but has never gotten close to one landing on her hand. That is really cool.

My father puts out sunflower seeds for the birds, squirrels, and chipmunks. The chipmunks sometimes will let us touch them, but I never thought hummingbirds would perch on a human hand. That is awesome.

It might've been the same one, or maybe they just find you very calming.

 

[Outlaw]

Thing is, we don`t have them in my country.

What cool birds have you got over there? The fellas that bred my pup have really cool racing pigeons and tumbler pigeons(Dutch)

 

[Dopious]

What cool birds have you got over there? The fellas that bred my pup have really cool racing pigeons and tumbler pigeons(Dutch)

We got a lot of weird birds, but really, I don`t get a hard-on on birds so I really don`t care about them, think they are a bit boring actually, just birds.

 

[Outlaw]

We got a lot of weird birds, but really, I don`t get a hard-on on birds so I really don`t care about them, think they are a bit boring actually, just birds.

Wow

an animal that doesn't get RB bricked up

@t2van you've got a chance to shed those sheep

 

[back2form]

That's really cool ..,

We have bird nest in front of yard.. But no humming bird..

It's small bird named as Indian Sparrow ..

 

[Webmath SEO]

Seems like new family members arrived. You're a lucky man.

 

[Zwielicht]

I went outside to take out the trash and saw the hummingbird in her nest again!

That's a smart spot because that bulb is warm.​

I'm taking the picture from further away, this is just zoomed in.

Hummingbird eggs take about 2 1/2 weeks to hatch, and they stay in the nest for about 3 weeks after that.

 

[Crazy Lucifer]

This is interesting. Reminds me of when I visited Mysuru Zoo last week. It was really cool in terms of the types of birds that were there.

 

[SilverClouds]

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This is so cute! Wooow. You guys have a mini zoo there, lol.

 

[leechesBleechin]

Thing is, we don`t have them in my country.

Ah bummer, Well maybe you have some sort of local alternative thing for wild life. I duno where you live, around here we use certain types of things to attract certain animals. For a fox you might put lots of places for mice to live in your yard, For moose you use apples and corn, for bears and wolves you hang up intruders by their ankles and wait