A big view on little birds
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Hummingbirds are among the smallest birds of the air, but they have a big presence on the webcam above.
Hummingbird hover
Look at the monitor above. It’s a live feed from the nest of a wild female channel island hummingbird named Phoebe. Located in a rose bush, it’s no larger than a golf ball and is made from feathers, leaves and other plant parts. It’s all held together with spider webs.
Eggs that Phoebe lays are the size of a breath mint (tic-tac). They hatch after about 17 days from when they are laid.
The chicks will continue to grow in the nest for about three to four weeks before fledging. She has been laying four to five clutches each year for several years.
Click here for more information about Phoebe's hatches, camera set-up and more.
If you're lucky, you might just see Phoebe hover in and feed her baby chicks.
What do you think about seeing these little creatures? Do you have a hummingbird story of your own? Share your thoughts about hummingbirds with other museum visitors by typing in comments below.
Although they look very cute, they can actually be pretty nasty!
I never knew that humming birds were that active in their nests!!!!
their so adorable their eggs are the size of tic tacs:p
i think its cool that hummingbirds nest are the sze of golfballs and there eggs are the size tic tacs.
its amazing that they are aso small but the eggs are big.
They're very cute! We never knew that hummingbirds' wings could move so fast!
i like birds... but some times they can annoy me!!!!!!!!!
i think hummingbirds cute one time there was humming bird in my front yard and my dad hummed like the bird
Hummingbirds are amazing,delicately flying birds.
that was a wierd but cool nest
I like to look and listen birds sing :-)
Did you know that when you see a hummingbird in real life you cant see it's wings because they move so fast. :}
I wish I was a humming bird.
I'm a bird watcher!!
Me too! They are such beautiuful birds, their coats are pretty!
I actually think it's kind of gross how they feed each other.
do they go south for winter
Well i do know they go south for winter
How many baby hummingbirds can be born at once?
At an average of 3 to 4, only 1 or 2 survive to adult hood.
do they go south in the winter like other birds
I got to see her feed her babies!
How old do they get?
how do you catch a humming bird?
how big are their bodys
how much do they weigh? I think they are really prretty!
how fast can thay fly.
how fast can a baby hummingbirds heart beat?
how is it possible fo them to flap their wings that fast? how?
do you know that the birds drink out of the feeders that liquid is all sugar and thats how they flap their wings so fast they have legs but they dont use them often because they are always flying because they have so much energy and their legs are very thin
it depends on the type. most are just made that way though
they are breathing so fast.
How much food does a hummingbird give to their babies a day?
how fast can they beat their wings?
pretty dang fast...
5000 pr second
how much do they way
we get hummingbirds at our house
humming birds are the cutest things ever and I think the edible flower's necter is yummy.
very small eggs
pretty bird
informational
awesome and intellagent birds they fly soooo fast and backwards who knew?
I think that it is cool that such a small egg can produce such an obnoxious bird
i didn't no that phoebes' eggs where the size of a breath mint
Did you know that humming birds can fly backwards?
I never knew they could fly backwards! I wonder how they do that
did you know that a humming birds nest is as big as a walnut
Did you know hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards.!!!
How many babies will they have? It's cool to watch them.
What color is a humming birds eggs?
what do humming bird eat
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