We discovered the nest in April inside a trumpet vine in our back yard. The baby hummingbirds hatched on May 1st. It’s amazing how quickly they grew. They will be three weeks old tomorrow and they’ll fly away soon. I’ll probably cry and will miss them so much. I hope they stay in the yard and maybe I can recognize them again at the feeders.

Nest was discovered April 19th

Day One (May 1st – 3 hours old)

It wasn’t easy getting this photo. I needed a ladder, a flashlight and some hair clips.

Day Two

The inside of this nest measures only 1/2-inch!

Day Four

They’re resting today and getting bigger (& fuzzier).

Day Seven

It looks like they’ve practically doubled in size in three days.

Day Eight

Taking an afternoon nap, enjoying the California sunshine.

Day Nine

Day Ten

Day Eleven

Day Thirteen

Day Fourteen

Day Fifteen (May 15th)

Day Sixteen

Day Seventeen

Day Eighteen

Day Nineteen

Day Twenty (running out of room)

Day Twenty-One (3 weeks old today – May 21st)

Day Twenty-Two at 3:00

Twenty Minutes Later

Day Twenty-Three

Day Twenty-Four (looks like he’s ready to move out)

Day Twenty-Five (bye-bye, birdies) 🙁

When baby hummingbirds hatch, they have no feathers and dark skin. Babies are hatched with their eyes closed and weigh about 0.62 grams (that’s 1/3 the weight of a dime). They are about one inch long with short, stubby, yellow beaks. The mother will drink nectar and eat bugs and then regurgitate them into the babies’ mouths, feeding them this mixture every 20 minutes. The babies will feel the wind from the wings of their mother and lift their little heads up and open their mouths. It will be about 3 weeks before they fly. Also, mother hummingbirds have no problem re-using another hummingbird’s nest. Sometimes the new mother will move in before the nest has had a chance to cool off from the previous brood. The nests are tiny.