Announcing An Anna's Annual Arrivals
2006


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Last year (2005) we observed for the first time, two separate nestings in our Australian tree fern. So when we observed a hummingbird building another nest there in late December of 2005 we were not that surprised except for the fact that it was so early in the season. In previous years nest-building did not commence until late January or February. However, as the three photos above indicate, this nest-building activity was short-lived and never materialized. By January 12th 2006, the primordial nest which the mother had stopped building two weeks earlier, had blown out of the tree onto the walkway.


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By the end of February, 2006 we were beginning to think there would not be a fifth consecutive year of hummingbird nesting in our Australian tree fern. It was about this same time that we observed a juvenile hummingbird from some other nearby nest that we didn't know the location of. The above six photos are of the same juvenile bird who has just left the nest. The juveniles are fluffier, have shorter beaks, and are not as good at flying as the adult hummingbirds.


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But at the very end of February we were very happy to see a hummingbird building a new nest in the same fern tree. The six photos above show how the nest changed between February 27th and March 6th, 2006 when it appeared to be completed.

Go on to Page 2 2006.


For previous arrivals:

2003
2004
2005a
2005b

For subsequent arrivals:

2007
2008
2009
2009x


Announcing an Anna's Annual Arrivals Analaysis of data for 2003-2009


Torrey Pines Peregrine Falcons





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