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Mighty Hiker
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Vancouver, B.C.
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Jun 11, 2011 - 07:19pm PT
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Perhaps a cat, noise or other intruder. Probably all you can do is minimize such things. But maybe someone here knows more about nesting birds, and hummingbirds.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Jun 12, 2011 - 02:42am PT
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The video Crimpie recommends is absolutely amazing!
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 17, 2011 - 07:23pm PT
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I think we have a hatch!
I can see some faint movements in the nest when I walk by and Mom wasn't there. It's pretty obvious when she's there.
Could be 2 babies. If I can get pics I will, but again, I don't want to interfere and piss Mom off.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 17, 2011 - 07:38pm PT
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That little brown thing (beak?) on the right side of the nest moved, I think.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 17, 2011 - 07:45pm PT
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Kath, I didn't really. I had to stand on a chair about 5 feet away and use a lot of zoom on my camera. I then zoomed in within the picture and cropped that.
Amazing technology nowadays. And amazing to get glimpses like that of baby hummingbirds.
Sweet!
I am tempted to hold the camera above the nest and get a better pic...
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jun 17, 2011 - 08:00pm PT
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Looks like a little hummingbird bill to me! Adorable!
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 17, 2011 - 08:04pm PT
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Oh yeah, 2 of them!
Looks like they're hungry with their bills up like that, no? No sign of Mom today after work. Yet.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jun 17, 2011 - 08:36pm PT
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Bluering: Great Shots!
Here is a early shot of our Black Chinned mom and her two babies in 2009.
We were also nervous about scaring mom away. I don't think we ever took photos from closer than 15-20 ft. away.
This one was max-magnification from 30 ft. away. Any closer, and mom was gone.
We have another Black Chinned mom and nest this spring. Eggs have not hatched yet.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 17, 2011 - 11:30pm PT
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These are pretty close in age I think. These may be a bit older;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1OtZBCYQ3E
The two on my patio are just 2 little bills together now, prolly snuggling like little puppies.
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MisterE
Social climber
Cinderella Story, Outa Nowhere
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Jun 18, 2011 - 01:47am PT
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I sometimes wonder if our ears look like flowers to them, or if they are just fukking with us in a stay-away-from-my-nest-assh0le-or-I-stab-your-head-and-I'm-gone kind of way.
Thoughts?
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jun 22, 2011 - 05:38pm PT
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How are the hummingbirds doing?
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jun 22, 2011 - 06:09pm PT
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Our black chin is setting on eggs. Should hatch soon. Her nest is about 4' off the ground and 8 ft. from a sidewalk we use quite a bit.
She usually doesn't even fly when Heidi walks by and checks her out.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Jun 22, 2011 - 06:31pm PT
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Broad-tailed and Calliope Hummers almost always build their nests with a setting where there's a branch directly over the cup of the nest. Not only does it provide a roof, it helps prevent convective cooling, important considerations in these western mountains. Here's a Calliope nest up North Canyon here in Tahoe a few summers back:
Speaking of nests, check out this crazy Black-chinned nest from Fish Lake Valley, Nevada. Not only is it a nest on top of a nest (on a chain, and in a screened-in porch with big tears in the screen, to boot), but there's a dead one still hanging out of last year's effort. I did not take this, and credit must go to Fred Peterson. Crazy:
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 22, 2011 - 08:06pm PT
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Anders, my hummers appear to be doing well. I just watched one getting fed. Mom took off after that, maybe to feed the other later. I did notice they are both more active after Mom shows up and leaves. She 'stirs up the nest'.
They appear fine.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 24, 2011 - 08:20pm PT
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Everything appears well.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 28, 2011 - 07:25pm PT
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One of them just buzzed me and then hit the ground. I figured it couldn't make it back to the nest so I got a piece of cardboard to put under to assist it. It took off and buzzed my hair/face and then flew around briefly. He's behind my climbing wall right now. I figure he'll come out when ready.
I'll leave him alone for now. Seems to be able to fly well enough to get out and back to the tree. He's even making those chirps that hummers do.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jun 28, 2011 - 08:11pm PT
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Very cute. Parents will find him. Love the photos!
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Jun 28, 2011 - 08:17pm PT
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Bluering, thanks very cool!
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 28, 2011 - 08:20pm PT
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Mom's freakin! I think. He came out and buzzed me again. I left. That when Mom showed up a bit later. Junior ain't where he landed anymore, hopefully Mom is dealing with it. I can watch from a kitchen window into the patio without going out there.
Currently I don't know where Junior is, but Mom just took off. I dunno. Hopefully she sorted sh#t out.
Junior is apparently really skitish and the other baby just sits there in the nest through all this.
Weird.
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