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Birds nesting in palms

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January 2, 20233 yr

Yesterday I observed a hummingbird nest in the tall kentia palm pictured (not mine), growing in a San Francisco backyard (seemingly without much if any supplemental water at this point).Not sure if this should've been a continuation of the "garden visitors" topic, but it's a specific curiosity so I started a new topic.

I couldn't get a picture of the nest or the birds themselves.

Anyone care to share observations of birds nesting in palms?

Chris

San Francisco, CA

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January 2, 20233 yr

I have had a hummingbird nest on a Chamaedorea frond,a crow next in the crown of a Trachycarpus. and a third, medium sized nest of unknown bird species.

San Francisco, California

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January 2, 20233 yr

Some of you may remember the San Diego garden of Jim Wright, whose back garden was an organized jungle of Howea forsteriana and Rhopalostylis palms, among others. It was not unusual to see hummingbird nests at eye level in his garden. It seemed quite remarkable, but his garden was a deeply layered canopy and made a fine shelter for small wildlife.

I'm growing several Howea myself, still not very tall, and have yet to spot a nest, but I keep checking. 😊

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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January 3, 20233 yr

This past summer on a visit to HD I noticed one of the foxtails for sale in the garden center had signage warning customers of a hummingbird nest on one of the fronds. I just looked for the photos that I took of it to share here but unfortunately I must have erased them. I also recall seeing a hummers nest on a roebelleni frond at my work last year. Hummingbirds zooming around our garden are a daily appearance as they usually go from flower to flower of our aechmea blanchetiana, but ironically I have yet to notice them nesting in our palms.