We found a hummingbird nest!
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Jennifer G
(IC: homeowner)
From doing a little research, my husband and I found out hummingbirds use spider silk to build their nests. The silk stretches as the babies grow. There are 2 babies in this one, we think. The nest is probably a little smaller than a baseball. Pretty cool to watch!
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Published July 15th, 2012 2:43 PM
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Sue Kiene on Sep 15, 2016I love to watch the hummers but have never seen a nest either. Lucky you!!! I have 2 hummingbird feeders out even with all my flowers and am considering adding a 3rd next year. With the drought that we have had this year, I added another water source for the birds, making 3. With the birds water sources drying up I think it is important to make sure that they have plenty. I water so it is easy to refill the birdbaths etc. daily sometimes twice
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