May 12th, She's Still At It.

As expected she was busy working on her nest again today, and you should now be up to date on where she is at with her nest building. I didn't get many shots of her today, she seemed to be bringing in more fluffly stuff for the lining, and spent a little more time resting on the nest today, it was a little cold today, and windy, but she was still busy at work.

Here's how her nest looked today, as you can see she's added a lot to her nest once again, I'm sure it wont be too long before she lays a couple eggs in it.

Another shot of her nest from the end of tonight. quite a difference from the first day I discovered it.

May 11th Still Building Her Nest

Looks like another day of nest building for this little hummer. The day was a little overcast, but warm, giving me better lighting conditions for Photographing her.







She brought a feather today, and some moss, cobwebs, and various other sundries. It's interesting seeing what she brings to add to her nest.

I'm not sure if she is stretching her wings here, or pressing the lining of the nest down to form it. either way it's fun watching her.




One more shot of her nest so far from inside the shop. As you can see she's making good progress!

One Busy Little Hummingbird! May10th

The hummingbird has been busy bringing in new supplies for her nest, in this picture she has what could be some fluff from the cat tails, I do see hummingbirds collecting it from time to time, they like to use it along with other fluffy plant stuff to line their nest with. Makes for good insulation to help keep the eggs warm.


Other things I have seen them collecting would include dog fur, and dandilion seed heads.


She uses her beak to weave moss in with the spider webs for the outside of her nest. She builds her nest by herself with no help from the male hummingbird.
















Her nest seems to be coming along quite nicely now, I went back out at night and got a couple more pictures of it from outside while she wasn't there. you should be able to see the changes she has made.

She has added quite a bit to her little nest,

I sure am thankful I didn't chop it down!

One more shot taken from the inside of the shop to show how she is lining her nest. She seems to actually build up the lining as she builds the outside, and is building it up around her body, custom made just for her! Probably a good thing the male doesn't help her with this task.

What is This?

On May 8th, I was chopping down some blackberry bushes when I noticed a small bit of moss, and fluff, stuck to one of the branches. It seemed to be an odd place for moss to just be stuck. I thought maybe it's the start of a hummingbirds nest, I couldn't be sure though since I have never seen one before in my life. The vine it is on is no larger than a standard pencil.

I figured maybe it was best to stop chopping and keep an eye on it, to see if a hummingbird came to it or not. It is just outside the window of my shop, so I went into the shop, and wasn't watching for very long, when a hummingbird flew up and landed on it, added something and flew away again, I can't even tell you how excited I was to find this little treasure amongst the thorns.

The blackberry bushes are staying put now, and if you would like to join me in watching how this hummingbird progresses with her nest, then you may want to bookmark this blog. I will be updating almost daily with photos that show how this little hummer is doing.




This another view of her nest, from higher up, at a little different angle, lookes a little more like a nest in this shot. You can see the photos in a larger size by clicking on them.







This shot of her nest is from the other side, you should be able to see some of the things she used to build it with better, including the cobwebs she uses to hold everything together.