Hummingbirds

Anybody curious about Hummingbirds? We've had a family return to our backyard Maple tree for the past two years. This year I was careful to document the stages. They grow and develop so quickly!

This is Mommy-to -be hummingbird in mid-June...














These are her two jellybean eggs at the same time...














These are her two babies July 9th...














This is them on July 23rd...














They flew away on their own a couple days later! The girls checked on "our" hummingbirds every morning after their breakfast and we took pictures almost as often at their request. It was so amazing to all of us to watch them grow so quickly. Momma hummingbird was perfectly patient with our onlooking, though she did get slightly annoyed when we'd stick our noses into her nest to see the babies. She'd buzz around our heads to scare us off. But all in all we cohabited the backyard together well!