Announcing An Anna's Annual Arrivals
2004, Page 4



The mother by on her nest.
In the direct sunlight the Anna's color is sometimes a beautiful iridescent green.


The mother in flight.
The mother sports a red bib sometimes too, here with my flash illuminating her eyes especially.


The mother in flight.
She's quite an acrobat in the air and sometimes startles me with how close she will come
(within ~3-4 feet of my head), probably to warn me or scare me away from her nest, although other local hummingbirds sometimes do this even out of nesting season.


The mother in flight.
It's difficult to get a sharp picture of her flying. Even a shutter-speed of 1/1000 of a second will not always stop the action of her wings which beat approximately 100 times every second in a figure-8 motion. This seems to be what is necessary to keep 4-5 grams hovering.


The baby who hatched on March 17th seen on March 24th.
The baby who hatched on March 17th as seen on March 24th at one week of age.


Close-up of baby at one week of age.
The growth on the baby's back seems to resemble feathers a little more closely everyday.
The eyes appear to be very well developed by one week.


For comparison, the babies as seen on March 18th.
Here are the two babies in the nest on March 18th for comparison. We think that the smaller baby may not have survived but we hope it is merely hidden now by the larger baby (see above).


Mother back on the nest.
The mother Anna's hummingbird back on her nest.


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