tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13114278.post7681224121479247870..comments2024-02-18T14:02:13.914-08:00Comments on AnimalBytes: Are You Watching a Hummingbird Nest?Keri Dearbornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10104359451535490400noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13114278.post-7869251502194562262018-05-21T18:54:49.161-07:002018-05-21T18:54:49.161-07:00Thanks, Jim for your observation. I encourage you ...Thanks, Jim for your observation. I encourage you to enter your nest on the NestWatch website. Allen's hummingbird need your data. Jim is absolutely right. It is amazing to watch these little birds with teeny feet stomping down the center of their nest to get the shape just right. Keri Dearbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10104359451535490400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13114278.post-13569293203014835942018-05-21T13:59:36.975-07:002018-05-21T13:59:36.975-07:00Thank you for the link to nestwatch. I signed up.
...Thank you for the link to nestwatch. I signed up.<br /><br />A hummingbird buzzed me in front of my face as I went out into<br />the patio. "There must be a nest nearby", I thought. I looked around the<br />shrubbery, but I didn't see a nest. From indoors a few minutes later, we<br />spotted the beginnings of a nest in our potted bamboo plant.<br /><br />The next few days we observed nest-building...<br />- It is a female Allen's hummingbird<br />- She brought nest materials: fluffy seeds, plastic foam, spiderweb<br />- She repeatedly wove spiderweb around the materials and the bamboo<br />- She decorated the nest with colored items (as camoflage)<br /> green bits of plastic ribbon<br /> white paper or paint flecks<br />- She shaped the nest with her feet<br /><br />Jimnoreply@blogger.com