A couple of weeks ago Son 2 (the future biologist) noticed a hummingbird nest in one to the trees in our backyard. I'm not really sure how he spotted it to be honest with you.
The nest is about 12 feet up in a very brushy tree. What can I say the kid has eagle eyes.
We've been patiently waiting for the mother bird to leave the nest, she's been pretty responsible so far. Once she finally left, Nadim, intrepid man that he is, got a ladder and a mirror to check out what was going on. To our excitement there were 2 eggs in the nest!
In the couple of weeks since this photo was taken the birds have hatched and one fell to its death. The other has already left the nest.
I guess there isn't much of a "childhood" when you are a Hummingbird :)
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