Once upon a time … (on Mar 25) … we spied a lovely little hummingbird lady on a nest right outside our front window.

And she sat and she sat and she sat …

on her two tiny eggs, until she hatched two very tiny babies (Apr2) – two very tiny, very hungry little babies.

And she fed them and fed them and fed them.

And she fluffed them. And cleaned them.

And little by little they grew (Apr7 - next three pics below).

Until, sadly, on Apr12, a bigger [bad] bird stole away the babies. And we were very sad. (By the way, all the chicken wire you see was our attempt to stave off this kind of a bigger bird encounter. Darwinists, we are not.)
On Apr30, Mama came back and laid just one egg. May2, she laid a second egg.

And now she sits and sits and sits. And we wait. And watch. And hope for a happier ending.
Oh, and Mama lets me come much closer now. Happy sigh.


9 comments:
This makes me VERY happy!
Oh you read my mind! I was just wondering today. So glad she understands that you are documenting the family history! :-)
So beautiful! My grandmother LOVES hummingbirds, so I"m going to have to show her this post!
I am Extremely Jealous! What an amazing thing to be able to watch and photograph!
I've never seen a hummingbird in my life, but she is beautiful!!!
You are very lucky to have such a lovely neighbour! :o)
It just made my day to see she is back with more eggs . . . I'll be following very closely . . . yes! Let's hope for a very happy ending!
Kristin
What a wonderful opportunity you have to capture such a beautiful tender experience. I pray these little birdies make it!
hoping one day i'll spy a hummingbird nest.
Get out! I'm sorry that the bigger bird murdered your babie.
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