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Just found this webcam of a California hummingbird - not sure which sp - from the Zen Birdfeeder. There seems to be a commercial - wha'? But wait til you see this little one!

http://wildbirdsunlimited.typepad.com/the_zen_birdfeeder/2011/03/hummingbird-nest-cam-2011.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheZenBirdfeeder+%28The+Zen+Birdfeeder%29 (http://wildbirdsunlimited.typepad.com/the_zen_birdfeeder/2011/03/hummingbird-nest-cam-2011.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheZenBirdfeeder+%28The+Zen+Birdfeeder%29)

Seems if you let it run, the stupid commercial disappears... and she is feeding even littler ones!!! Ohhhhh, noooooo! ANOTHER one to be going on with. Glorious bird - what species, anyone?

Nice chirpy birdsong in the background too...

I think I might be sorry I did this...

Guys! You gotta watch this one! I don't know which is more beautiful - the birds or the nest they built.

Hey Bobbie, thanks...

I think it's Anna's Hummingbird...there aren't that many hummers in California, and this one seems to match -- red throat patch on the female (if you catch her on camera at the right angle), black bill, no rufous coloration, white eyebrow.

Oh, and one more comment...in hummingbirds the females do ALL of the work, from nest building to brooding to feeding; the males only provide one thing and their job is done!  So your phrase "the nest they built" was overly generous to Mr. Anna's Hummingbird.  I'm amazed that a bird with such a high metabolism, who has to eat almost constantly, can feed herself and two young ones all alone!

I am PC run riot, Patti! Thanks for the info. I would love to be "Anna" and have this wonderful bird named after me. She is simply gorgeous. I was guessing I had seen both parents, but it was probably the angle. Her throat feathers are splendid - and that nest! Any info on that? The colouring is as beautiful as she is. Do you know what she uses? And what sort of plant is the nest in? I suppose I could google but it is more fun to chat to people who know!

Better pic of Hummingbird here...

WORLD OF HUMMINGBIRDS! (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ourhummingbirdnest-com#id4328435)

(WHAT have I done!?)

Nest info... very interesting, as it seems this is her THIRD brood of 2011! Does not mention species in this. So v happy the Patti did!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=131758716840583 (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=131758716840583)

 :hummer: Those babies are precious Bobbie!  We are ALL addicts!!!  ;D @Patti I too am amazed that the females can keep up that pace. Nature is a wonder!!!   :yes:  Thanks to both of you for sharing knowledge and videos!   :clap:

Corrected my typo above...I really need to slow down!  I thought I knew the answer, but needed to look it up to make sure.  They use plant down, held together with spider silk, and then decorated on the outside.  Here's a pretty good link: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Annas_Hummingbird/lifehistory (http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Annas_Hummingbird/lifehistory)

Had you seen the male Anna's Hummingbird your eyes would have fallen out of your head, so it's probably good that you didn't.

Thank you so much, Patti - suffice to say - I am in love! Again!

I will google that info you sent... If I love HER, what will happen when I see HIM? (The lazy lad!)

Wow! But... Glam as he is - "Handsome is as handsome does!" She is simply so subtly beautiful with those throat feathers... and her matching nest! I am undone!

I just caught a feeding...and it looked like she has three little ones in there!  I thought two was usually the limit for hummers, but perhaps I'm wrong.  Hopefully she's in her prime and the California bugs and nectar are plentiful!

The one with 3 in the nest has a foster baby.  Someone accidentally cut down the branch with the nest & a rehabber took it to this nest since they had tiny ones.  I'll find the FB page in a bit...

Facebook  (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=131758716840583#!/group.php?gid=131758716840583&v=wall)page for Emma the hummingbird

And a blog OurHummingbirdNest (http://ourhummingbirdnest.shutterfly.com/) with more of the story

Thanks, Ei...that was very helpful info, especially the blog that explained the extra mouth in the nest!  I was glad to read that folks are monitoring the situation, since it seems to me that hummers often live on the edge of survival anyway, with such blazingly fast metabolic rates.

I am so pleased to think that so many of you have enjoyed the Anna's Hummingbird's nestcam. Thanks esp to Patti and Ei for the extra info - I would have missed some of that. I very much like it that the nestcam is outside an ordinary home where you can hear the kids, birdsong. Just shows how birds can get into our lives and inspire us. From our mighty falcons to this little lady and her brood. Amazing that one of the eggs is an orphan from another nest too.

I was amazed at this picture of the orphan baby... sometimes webcams really distort you perspecitve!

Ei! Thanks! My word! And all three look like they are ok...

Holy moly I've seen roaches bigger than that!  :gum: