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A mother's work...feeding recently fledged Allen's hummingbirds.

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Life's unexpected detour - rescue and rehabilitation.

My favorite adult female Allen's hummingbird was forced to abandon her nest and 17 and 18-day old nestlings by a particularly aggressive and territorial new arrival to the area. When I delivered her chicks to rescue they were dehydrated and hungry, but still energetic enough to gape. I was granted access to photograph them a few times during their stay. They were raised successfully and released six weeks later thanks to the tireless efforts of dedicated volunteers.

The siblings "branched" within a few days of entering rescue

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They were gradually introduced to larger flight cages and a variety of food sources

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A few of the many younger arrivals
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NatHist.CA said:
Life's unexpected detour - rescue and rehabilitation.

My favorite adult female Allen's hummingbird was forced to abandon her nest and 17 and 18-day old nestlings by a particularly aggressive and territorial new arrival to the area. When I delivered her chicks to rescue they were dehydrated and hungry, but still energetic enough to gape. I was granted access to photograph them a few times during their stay. They were raised successfully and released six weeks later thanks to the tireless efforts of dedicated volunteers.

The siblings "branched" within a few days of entering rescue
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Good for you! Lucky them. :cool:
 
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The temps were hovering around 26 this morning and it's been about a week since I've seen any hummers at the feeders so they may have moved on to warmer climes. Here's one of the last I saw hanging out in the yard a couple of weeks ago:

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NatHist.CA said:
Life's unexpected detour - rescue and rehabilitation.

My favorite adult female Allen's hummingbird was forced to abandon her nest and 17 and 18-day old nestlings by a particularly aggressive and territorial new arrival to the area. When I delivered her chicks to rescue they were dehydrated and hungry, but still energetic enough to gape. I was granted access to photograph them a few times during their stay. They were raised successfully and released six weeks later thanks to the tireless efforts of dedicated volunteers.

The siblings "branched" within a few days of entering rescue

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They were gradually introduced to larger flight cages and a variety of food sources

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A few of the many younger arrivals
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Extremely well done. Thanks
 
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NatHist.CA said:
These are all second nestings of three different birds in Spring 2019 and 2020. However, I have photographed first nestings that commenced in December and January. My location is Southern California.
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Nice, we generally get two nestings in our short summers but wondered if you got another one with your relatively warm year round temps. Sounds like the hummers do get some winter nesting cycles out your way.

Great images!
 
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DRwyoming said:
Nice, we generally get two nestings in our short summers but wondered if you got another one with your relatively warm year round temps. Sounds like the hummers do get some winter nesting cycles out your way.

Great images!
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I have photographed three nesting attempts in a season by one bird. The third pair of chicks did not survive past approximately 10 days. The female was an excellent mother. I speculate that the female may have been compromised nutritionally, having immediately started nesting as soon as her previous chicks fledged. The discarded egg shells from the first two nests were delicate but solid. The discarded egg shells from the third nest were flexible, similar to cooked egg whites.
 
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Chicks on nests (Allen's and Anna's)

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