Anna's hummingbird in the blueberry bush
The hummingbirds have discovered more food in our neighborhood, including bugs in the Sunshine Blueberry bushes on our patio. The birds...
Indigo spires salvia and butterfly bush flowers
The indigo spires salvia plant has taken a while to produce its lovely deep blue blossoms. And here are the blooms on one spire, ready...
Anna's Hummingbirds
I discovered this fascinating book yesterday, and will be reading it. Terry Maeser, the author, has been rescuing injured Anna's...
Fledgling number two out of the nest and flying around the garden
A few hours after I observed fledgling number two testing its wings while sitting on the edge of the nest (see video in previous post), I...
One Anna's hummingbird already fledged, the second one to go
Two days ago, when I checked the Anna's hummingbird nest, there was only one still there. We figured that the one that sat on the side of...
The Anna's hummingbird babies have fledged!
So much has happened in the Anna's hummingbird nest these past few days. It has been very breezy and cooled down quite a bit, typical for...
The baby hummingbirds are growing
The baby Anna's hummingbirds hatched nine days ago and are rapidly growing. Every morning and evening, and during the weekends, several...
The Anna's hummingbird eggs have hatched!
How exciting! The Anna's hummingbird's eggs have hatched! We don't know how long she incubated her eggs, because we only noticed her...
More food for the pollinators
The bees, butterflies and hummingbirds have been sipping at the nectar of the Sapphire Blue salvia plants for the past few weeks. Some of...
Hummingbird nesting in the fig tree
This afternoon while in the house I heard an interesting bird song, and got my camera to try to get an image of the bird. I saw a bird...
