Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Phyl]

Aryana Hummingbird
Jan 30, 2024 7:10 PM
Camera Time: Jan 30, 2024 5:09 PM PST

[Phyl]

Aryana Hummingbird
Jan 30, 2024 7:36 PM
Camera Time: Jan 30, 2024 5:36 PM PST

[Phyl]

Aryana Hummingbird
Feb 2, 2024 3:03 PM
Camera Time: Feb 2, 2024 1:02 PM PST

[Phyl]

Aryana Hummingbird
Feb 4, 2024 3:00 PM
Camera Time: Feb 4, 2024 12:59 PM PST



Aryana Hummingbird
Feb 4, 2024 3:38 PM
Camera Time: Feb 4, 2024 1:37 PM PST

[Phyl]

Aryana Hummingbird
Feb 4, 2024 4:21 PM
Camera Time: Feb 4, 2024 2:20 PM PST

[Phyl]

January 12, 2024
Aryana Hummingbird Lays Her First Egg of the 2024 Nesting Season

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drCM_AlbdUg


Jan 12, 2024  #Explore #NeverStopLearning #MoreToExplore
Aryana is an Allen's Hummingbird who lives year-'round in the coastal area of Laguna Niguel, California. She built this nest in a Gartenmeister Fuchsia.

WATCH THIS: After sitting low in the nest for several minutes (only some of which you see here), Aryana lifts herself onto the uppermost edge of the interior nest wall. She stabilizes herself by gripping the nest fluff with her tiny talons. When she starts "laboring," her back end is elevated. She flares, lifts, and wiggles her tail quite a bit while she's pushing it out, and then appears to "collapse" into the nest bowl when she's finished.

She spins the egg with her feet and beak. This helps keeps the egg membranes from sticking to the shell.

Even though Aryana stays on the nest for a while, she is not yet incubating this egg. It is not at risk, temperature wise,  as the regional weather is a balmy 60-some degrees Fahrenheit and she covers it with her "brood patch" while she sits on her nest.

Aryana will likely lay her second of two eggs within the next couple of days, and will then begin the incubation process. By delaying incubation, both chicks will hatch very close together, develop at the same rate, and fledge within a similar timeframe.

[Phyl]

January 29, 2024
Hatch Day! Aryana Hummingbird's First Brood of 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw8Ps3CL7mo

Jan 29, 2024
Aryana is an Allen's hummingbird who's built her nest in a Gartenmeister Fuchsia in the coastal area of Southern California. Explore.org is live-streaming this nest.

We celebrated our first on-screen chick sighting at 6:37 a.m. PST on January 29, 2024.
The first feeding takes place at 6:45 a.m. PST
NEST DATA:
Nest building efforts first spotted on December 25, 2023
Egg laying: Jan 12, 2023 at 6:49 a.m. and Jan 14 at 6:58 a.m.
Incubation period started on January 14th, at 6:58 a.m.
Hatch occurred on Day 16 of Hatch Watch

Watch the nest via livestream cam at https://explore.org/livecams/hummingb...

[Phyl]

January 30, 2024
Aryana Hummingbird: Second Chick Emerging From its Shell

About 50 seconds into video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgM7FBEUBs0

Jan 30, 2024
Aryana is an Allen's hummingbird who's built her nest in a Gartenmeister Fuchsia in the coastal area of Southern California. Explore.org is live-streaming this nest, which is home to her first clutch of 2024.

We caught our first glimpses of this second chick within a minute of Aryana's exit--first poking its head up, then maneuvering its egg shell remnants -- at 7:28 a.m.PST on January 30, 2024. Aryana returns after foraging and hatch was confirmed via an observed feeding at 7:50 a.m. (A video of this first feeding is available in Aryana Hummingbird's YouTube channel.)

We celebrated the first hatch at 6:37 a.m. PST on January 29, 2024. Its first observable feeding takes place at 6:45 a.m. PST. (A video of this first hatchling's feeding is also available in Aryana's YouTube channel.)

FUN FACT: The eggshell remnants are removed or crushed on the bottom of the nest after hatching. Unlike most other birds, hummingbirds almost always have clean nests.

NEST DATA:
Nest building efforts first spotted on December 25, 2023
Egg laying: Jan 12, 2023 at 6:49 a.m. and Jan 14 at 6:58 a.m.
Incubation period started on January 14th, at 6:58 a.m.
Hatch occurred on Day 16 of Hatch Watch

Watch these babies as they develop from egg to fledge via livestream cam at https://explore.org/livecams/hummingb...

[Phyl]

February 4, 2024
Aryana Hummingbird's Nestlings, at 6 and 7 days old  !   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20_wSMva9O8


Feb 4, 2024
Aryana is an Allen's hummingbird who's built her nest in a Gartenmeister Fuchsia in the coastal area of Southern California. Her hatchlings are aptly named: Faith and Eros (in mythology, the God of Love and Affection).*

Explore.org is live-streaming this nest, which is home to her first clutch of 2024. Video clips of their respective hatch days (and beyond) are available in Aryana Hummingbird's YouTube library.

Milestone moments in this clip:  Aryana's chicks are able to crane their necks above the nest rim when they feed. Their orange, candy corn-shaped beaks are elongating and turning darker at the tips. Notice, too, Aryana's ability to maneuver in small spaces--Instead of flying in from elsewhere to feed them, she spins off the nest & hops onto the rim. Voilà, food on the go!

*Moderator Carl Bailey suggested the just-right names for these perfect little beings.

NEST DATA:
Nest building efforts first spotted on December 25, 2023
Egg laying: Jan 12, 2023 at 6:49 a.m. and Jan 14 at 6:58 a.m.
Incubation period started on January 14th, at 6:58 a.m.
Hatch occurred on Day 16 of Hatch Watch


Watch these babies as they develop from egg to fledge via livestream cam at https://explore.org/livecams/hummingb...

[Phyl]

Aryana Hummingbird
Feb 6, 2024 6:32 PM
Camera Time: Feb 6, 2024 4:30 PM PST

[Phyl]

Aryana Hummingbird: Snacking on Insects While Feeding Her Nestlings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmOprAEb-PA

Feb 7, 2024
Aryana Humminbird's nestlings are 9 & 10 days old now. Their eyes are opening and they are growing pinfeathers.  In this video, Aryana perches on the nest rim to feed Faith & Eros, and then snacks on insects she retrieves from a neighboring leaf. As they grow more pinfeathers, Aryana's hatchlings (aka nekkid raisins) will be increasingly able to thermoregulate. This will allow Aryana to spend more time off the nest between feedings.

NEST DATA:
Nest building efforts first spotted on December 25, 2023
Egg laying: Jan 12, 2023 at 6:49 a.m. and Jan 14 at 6:58 a.m.
Incubation period started on January 14th, at 6:58 a.m.
First hatch occurred on Day 16 of the incubation period & the second chick hatched the next day,

[Phyl]

February 8, 2024
Aryana Hummingbird: Changes to her nest area & chicks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9TfL8-xijY

Feb 8, 2024
Heavy winds rearranged the Gartenmeister Fuchsia overnight, criss-crossing the branches and draping them over the nest. So pretty--even if Aryana has to readjust her stance and nudge aside the leaves to feed her babies.

Eros & Faith are 10 & 11 days old, respectively. Their eye slits are popping open, more every day; their beaks are darker and more pointed; and they're sprouting lots of pinfeathers.  Aryana's nest bowl is an increasingly tight squeeze for these growing chicks, so among her other "nestorations," Aryana's stretching their cushiony home with her feet, beak and talons.

NEST DATA:
Nest building efforts first spotted on December 25, 2023
Egg laying: Jan 12, 2023 at 6:49 a.m. and Jan 14 at 6:58 a.m.
Incubation period started on January 14th, at 6:58 a.m.
First hatch occurred on Day 16 of the incubation period & the second chick hatched the next day,

[Phyl]

Aryana Hummingbird: Wingersizing with a Full Crop


 Feb 10, 2024
In this video, Eros & Faith are 12 & 13 days old, respectively. My, haven't they grown! Big happenings here: Aryana feeds her babies while perched on the nest rim and shifts to a lower, off-camera branch. She also hovers--a flight maneuver that no other bird species can manage.  Notice also that her chick has a very full crop (i.e. the food pouch that looks like an inflated balloon on its neck). They're eating really well, obviously! One last thing, super cool: The chick on the left is wingersizing!

NEST DATA:
Nest building efforts first spotted on December 25, 2023
Egg laying: Jan 12, 2023 at 6:49 a.m. and Jan 14 at 6:58 a.m.
Incubation period started on January 14th, at 6:58 a.m.
Faith's hatch occurred on January 29th--Day 16 of the incubation period. Eros hatched the next day (January 30th).
FLEDGE WATCH: 20-28 days post-hatch is the estimated timeframe for fledging, for the non-migratory Allen's hummingbirds in our area.




Aryana Hummingbird: Nestling Behaviors at 13 & 14 days old
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDBBSnzEjCA


Feb 11, 2024
Aryana is a non-migrating Allen's Hummingbird who lives in the coastal area of SoCal. She's raising her first clutch of the 2024 mating season in a Gartenmeister Fuchsia.

In this video, Aryana's chicks (Faith and Eros) are 14 and 13 days old. Where did the time go? And how did they get so big, so fast? Watch them eating, wingersizing, preening, and sleeping. Meantime, mama's filling their crops, foraging for insects on her favorite leaf, adjusting the nest fluff, and doing "nestorations."  Fledge Watch* is just days away, so don't blink!

NEST DATA:
Nest building efforts first spotted on December 25, 2023
Egg laying: Jan 12, 2023 at 6:49 a.m. and Jan 14 at 6:58 a.m.
Incubation period started on January 14th, at 6:58 a.m.
Faith's hatch occurred on January 29th--Day 16 of the incubation period. Eros hatched the next day (January 30th).
*FLEDGE WATCH: 20-28 days is the estimated timeframe from hatch to fledge.

[Phyl]

Aryana Hummingbird: Nestling Behaviors at 13 & 14 days old

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDBBSnzEjCA

Feb 11, 2024
Aryana is a non-migrating Allen's Hummingbird who lives in the coastal area of SoCal. She's raising her first clutch of the 2024 mating season in a Gartenmeister Fuchsia.

In this video, Aryana's chicks (Faith and Eros) are 14 and 13 days old. Where did the time go? And how did they get so big, so fast? Watch them eating, wingersizing, preening, and sleeping. Meantime, mama's filling their crops, foraging for insects on her favorite leaf, adjusting the nest fluff, and doing "nestorations."  Fledge Watch* is just days away, so don't blink!

NEST DATA:
Nest building efforts first spotted on December 25, 2023
Egg laying: Jan 12, 2023 at 6:49 a.m. and Jan 14 at 6:58 a.m.
Incubation period started on January 14th, at 6:58 a.m.
Faith's hatch occurred on January 29th--Day 16 of the incubation period. Eros hatched the next day (January 30th).
*FLEDGE WATCH: 20-28 days is the estimated timeframe from hatch to fledge.

[Phyl]

Aryana Hummingbird
Feb 12, 2024 2:56 PM
Camera Time: Feb 12, 2024 12:56 PM PST