Announcing An Anna's Annual Arrivals
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On April 16th the first of the two baby hummingbirds flew away from the nest. Each time I look at these photos I'm amazed at how fast they grew up. It was only 11 days earlier that their little beaks first appeared over the edge of the nest. I snapped two pictures of the first baby hummingbird before it fluttered up in the air awkwardly and landed about six feet away from the nest where I took one final picture of this bright-eyed creature. Meanwhile, the baby remaining behind in the nest appeared rather sad and lonely.



























The last baby hummingbird appeared ready to fly on the morning of April 19th.



But it spent most of the day being fed by the mother and resting in the nest.



Finally, the baby hummingbird stood up with apparent determination to fly.



This hummingbird flew further than the first one did. It landed on the roof about 30 feet from the nest.











The above two pictures show the size of the empty Anna's hummingbird nest. It measures about 1 & 1/2 inches across.


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