Hummingbird Nestlings

A Broad-billed hummingbird built a nest on a plant in my patio. Here is a video of her feeding her nestlings:

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6 replies	Author	Time	Post
Hummingbird Nestlings (Original post)	Goblor	Sep 2017	OP
Beautiful!	Bayard	Sep 2017	#1
Since the nest	gaiadiversity	Sep 2017	#5
Very cool. They never sit still longer than a zillion the of a second.	BigmanPigman	Sep 2017	#2
That's hilarious how the babies instinctively know to stick their butts out of the nest to poop!	SunSeeker	Sep 2017	#3
Gorgeous nest.	zentrum	Sep 2017	#4
Hummingbird Video Tip	arachadillo	Sep 2017	#6

Response to Goblor (Original post)

Tue Sep 12, 2017, 12:01 AM

Bayard (15,182 posts)

1. Beautiful!

Although I keep thinking that long beak is going to come out the little ones tail feathers!

How did you manage to film this?

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Response to Bayard (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 14, 2017, 01:33 AM

gaiadiversity (60 posts)

5. Since the nest

was in my patio she got used to me coming and going. So I set up my HD video camera on a tripod and turned it on for a couple hours. After that I just selected the best clips for a short video.

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Response to Goblor (Original post)

Tue Sep 12, 2017, 02:52 PM

BigmanPigman (46,495 posts)