Things are changing in the small hummingbird nest! If possible, the itty-bitty nest seems even smaller. Last time I included pictures here, the nest was left with two unhatched eggs inside. Back on July 6th, above, we found two scrawny masses. Couldn't have been more than a day or two old! Below was a week after that, July 12th. Eyes just slit open. Bodies clumped together. Not much movement beyond breathing.
Below is today, July 17th. Things are beyond cramped as the two birds grow bigger! They were much more alert. Their feathers are fluffing up. Their beaks growing in length! With the eyes of the one staring us straight on, they were squeaking up a storm. But, what wouldn't when a big five digit hand comes at you first with a big black camera and then with a quarter for size comparison? Perhaps it hoped we'd have food. Perhaps it was crying out an alarm. They look so uncomfortable, I wonder how much longer they'll be contained within.
I really try not to peek in there too often. Each time I have to convince Matt to position the truck's bed beneath the branches and climb up among the limbs - He can only take so much. Most times I see the momma dart off into a distant tree and watch from halfway up - She can only take so much. And, now that the babies are squawking, I need to remember that they can only take so much up close attention.
But, each time I do peek up over the nest's edge I am excited. It has been a neat thing to keep an eye on this Summer!
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