Cool birds nest

[Jeff in St Pete]

A friend showed me this unusual bird nest today. He said it was a type of hummingbird.

He collected it after the babies were gone. Check out the cool trap door!

[Jeff in St Pete]

Later as we were walking around his garden we found another hummingbird nest. It was dangling from the end of a palm leaf (the nest was empty).

From the front

side

backside of leaf

[Jeff in St Pete]

Here are a couple photos of another nest I saw yesterday when I was trimming around some palms. I almost cut this plant down before I saw it.

The nest is a little more than a meter off the ground

[peachy]

Jeff, those nests are so tiny. We dont have hummingbirds here unfortunately, but I do get a few tiny wrens of different species, who love to build nests deep inside the big bougainvillea. A couple of years ago I bought a man made parrot nest for the garden, in which a pair of galahs promptly took up residence. Their babies screech non stop....so loud...so as soon as they fledged and joined the flock, my mistake was rectified !! Glad to see someone who also respects nature and takes care when cutting down plants.

Peachy

[Xenon]

Woah!

Jonathan

[Jeff in St Pete]

Peachy, at my parents house in the US they have a few decorative bird houses in their back yard just off the patio. When I went home to visit my family, I noticed that all the holes were taped over with clear tape. I asked my father why and his reply was "Ah jeez, those damn wrens keep trying to nest in those boxes and everytime I try to sit and read the paper, they scream and scold me and won't let me alone, so I put tape over them!". He also had a robin trying to nest on the blades of his patio ceiling fan. He ended up letting the fan run all the time, otherwise as soon as he turned it off the robins would start building their mud nests on top. He said they tried at least 3 or 4 times. He's about fed up with wildlife right now...

[tjwalters]

Very cool! We only have one species of hummingbird here on the east coast of the US, but it seems quite common during the summer months.

I have a family of wrens nesting in the yard this year and I understand what your father is saying. They have been creating quite a lot of noise, and are quite fearless! Robins, too, can be quite aggressive when nesting, and are also quite fearless - often attacking anyone intruding into their territory. Still, I'd rather have them around than not. Makes the garden much more enjoyable! The only critters that really try my patience are the voles that eat my plants from below the ground. That's a bit like hitting below the belt!

[John Case]

We get several Annas each spring. One female really likes to nest in my Ch. seifrezii about 7 feet up.....last year 3 clutches were fledged out of my yard....

[DoomsDave]

Hummingbirds love to nest in thick trees and shrubs about 6 feet up, so perfectly camie'd you don't know they're there, till you see them buzzing around . . . .

More than I can count. Jelly Belly Vanilla eggs.