If spring still seems months away in your part of the world (or even if it has arrived), treat yourself to this Southern California garden. Fleur and Pip, young hummingbirds preparing to leave the nest (“fledge”) in the next few days, are on a live streaming webcam. Tune in to watch them and their attentive mom, Phoebe, prepare for the big day. Be sure to turn up the sound on both your computer and the webcam so you can surround yourself with the sounds of spring.
Phoebe is a Channel Island Allen (S.s. sedentarius) hummingbird in Orange County, California. She has been laying 4 to 5 clutches each year for several years and her webcam has been active since 2007. Remember, she is only 3″ long. Her eggs are the size of TicTacs, her nests, the size of golf balls.
This video of Pip, an orphan, being placed in Phoebe’s nest shows you quite clearly just how small this nest is. Keep watching to see how readily Phoebe accepts the new chick.
Wow PT, that’s both beautiful and amazing – and yes, I really needed a touch of Spring too! 😀
Check it out during the day when you can see the live cam (it’s dark at night, silly). It’s addicting. (But you’ve been around here long enough to know I get on this hummingbird kick every spring.
Yeah, I gave myself a good old Gibbs head-slap for coming here so late. I bookmarked the link so I can try again tomorrow. I just hope I don’t lose track of where I put it… again! 😳
It’ll always be right here …
Cute! Saw some fuzzy very young baby ducks yesterday. Today the Purple Martin house down the block is a flutter with multiple families hauling in materials for redecorating their places.
Thanks for the heads up on the bird family
(snow coming? At least it’s moisture)
Birds here trying to build nest on my front porch light. Too slippery. But they try every year anyway, pooping all the while.
Snow due in this evening. Predicted amounts are varying wildly. Fingers crossed.
I couldn’t visualize how small these all are even with your description; it wasn’t until I saw the hand appear beneath the nest that I understood and was astounded.
Amazing, isn’t it? I’ve seen pictures with rulers, etc. But nothing made it as obvious as the hand. I’ve seen hummingbirds flying around and it still took this for me to appreciate how small their nests are.
Hooked on Hummingbirds. Have visited my son in San diego during migration season. Awesome.
This time of year there are a lot of active bird cams, but none as intriguing to me as the hummers. This Phoebe cam is no longer active but the Bella Hummingbird webcam is very much alive and active.
Thanks,