Allen's Hummingbird Nest - Spring 2025 2nd Clutch

Olive feeding 3 and 5 day old chicks - February 26th

An Allen's Hummingbird nest from Oceanside California Second Clutch Spring 2025
Mom Olive, and chicks Ivy and Aspen

This HD camera streams live 24/7 with sound, so make sure you turn up your volume. You can also watch the nest at night thanks to the wonders of infrared technology, approved by The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

This season brings you Olive, our beautiful year-round resident female Allen’s hummingbird, and her first clutch of the 2025 season. Her nest was originally built in 2012. Olive feeds from her own feeder near the nest and also frequents the two other feeders on camera. An extremely experienced mother, Olive caringly raises her chicks and teaches them all the survival skills they need to become successful adults.

Key Events for Spring 2025 Clutch 2

  • 🪹 January 29, 2025 - Olive starts "nestorations
  • 🥚 February 7, 2025 - First egg laid 6:40 AM
  • 🪺 February 7, 2025 - Olive starts incubating first egg after its laid.
  • 🥚 February 9, 2025 - Second egg laid 6:43 AM
  • 🐣 February 23, 2025 - Hatch Watch Begins
  • 🐣 February 23, 2025 - First chick hatches 3:29 PM
  • 🐣 February 25, 2025 - First sight of second chick 6:04 AM
  • 🥳 February 27, 2025 - Chicks are named Ivy and Aspen
  • 🌜 March 8, 2025 - Chicks first night alone on the nest
  • 🌜 March 9, 2025 - Olive returns to sleep on the nest
  • 🌜 March 10, 2025 - Chicks second night alone on the nest
  • 🌜 March 11, 2025 - Olive returns to sleep on the nest
  • 🚁 March 20, 2025 - Ivy soft fledge 9:14 AM
  • 🚁 March 20, 2025 - Aspen soft fledge 6:27 PM
  • 🪹 March 21, 2025 - Ivy fledges 8:32 AM
  • 🪹 March 21, 2025 - Aspen fledges 8:42 AM

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Links to past clutches:
2014 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2023 1st Clutch - 2023 2nd Clutch - 2023 3rd Clutch - 2024 1st Clutch
2024 2nd Clutch - 2024 3rd Clutch - 2024 4th Clutch - 2025 1st Clutch - 2025 2nd Clutch - 2025 3rd Clutch

CLICK HERE FOR A PLAYLIST OF VIDEOS OF OLIVE AND HER CHICKS - FROM EGGS TO FLEDGE

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Olive on her nest of two chicks - April 19th
Olive's nest in a small ficus tree on our back padio
Allen's humingbird nest not much bigger the a quarter
One of Olive's tail feathers on a United States quarter
Olive starts nesterations - January 29th 2025
Olive has the nest ready to go- February 6th
Olive lays first egg - February 7th 6:40 AM
We See the first egg - February 7th 7:00 AM
Olive laying the second egg - February 9th 8:43 AM
We see the 2nd egg - February 9th 7:02 AM
Olive Incubating her two eggs - February 19th
First chick hatches 3:29 PM - February 23rd
First Feeding of first chick - February 23rd 4:17 PM
First glimpse of the second chick - February 25th
Second chicks first feeding - February 25th
Side-by-side, a few hours old, and a day and half old - February 25th
Hummingbird Egg Shell
Side-by-side, Ivy 3 and Aspen 1 - February 26th
Olive feeding Ivy and Aspen 3 and 1 days old - February 26th
Side-by-side, Ivy left 4 and Aspen 2 - February 27th
Olive feeding Ivy and Aspen 4 and 2 days old - February 27th
Side-by-side, Ivy left 5 and Aspen 3 - February 28th
Olive feeding Ivy and Aspen 5 and 3 days old - February 28th
Side-by-side, Ivy back 6 and Aspen 4 - March 1st
Olive feeding Ivy and Aspen 6 and 4 days old - March 1st
Side-by-side, Ivy left 7 and Aspen 5 - March 2nd
Olive feeding Ivy and Aspen 7 and 5 days old - March 2nd
Side-by-side, Ivy left 8 and Aspen 6 - March 3rd
Olive feeding Ivy and Aspen 8 and 6 days old - March 3rd
Beautiful olive on her nest - March 4th
Side-by-side, Ivy left 9 and Aspen 7 - March 4th
Olive feeding Ivy 9 eyes starting to open and Aspen 7 days old - March 4th
Side-by-side, Ivy right 10 and Aspen 8 - March 5th
Olive feeds Ivy 10, eyes open more and Aspen 8 days old - March 5th
Side-by-side, Ivy right 11 and Aspen 9 - March 6th
Olive feeding Ivy and Aspen 11 and 9 days old - March 6th
Olive feeding Ivy and Aspen 12 and 10 days old - March 7th
Ivy starting to use her wings 12 days old - March 7th
Side-by-side, Ivy right 12 and Aspen 10 - March 7th
Olive feeding Ivy 13 and Aspen 11 days old - March 8th
Ivy does flappies 13 days old - March 8th
Side-by-side, Ivy front 13 and Aspen 11 - March 8th
Chicks first night alone on the nest - March 8th
Olive feeding Ivy 14 and Aspen 12 days old - March 9th
Aspen does flappies 12 days old - March 9th
Side-by-side, Ivy left 14 and Aspen 12 - March 9th
Olive returns to sleep on the nest - March 9th
Olive feeding Ivy 15 and Aspen 13 days old - March 10th
Ivy does flappies 15 days old - March 10th
A finger size comparison to the nest - March 10th
Side-by-side, Ivy right 15 and Aspen 13 - March 10th
Chicks second night alone on the nest - March 10th
Olive feeding Ivy 16 and Aspen 14 days old - March 11th
Aspen does flappies 14 days old - March 11th
Side-by-side, Ivy left 16 and Aspen 14 - March 11th
Olive returns to sleep on the nest - March 11th
Side-by-side, Ivy right 17 and Aspen 15 - March 12th
Olive feeding Ivy 17 and Aspen 15 days old - March 12th
Ivy does flappies 17 days old - March 12th
Side-by-side, Ivy right 18 and Aspen 16 - March 13th
Ivy does flappies 17 days old - March 13th
Olive cuddles with Ivy and Aspen - March 13th
Olive come back to tuck the chicks in - March 13th
Aspen 17 front and Ivy stretching their wings - March 14th
Olive feeding Ivy 19 and Aspen 17 days old - March 14th
Ivy does flappies 19 days old - March 14th
Olive feeding Ivy 19 and Aspen 17 days old - March 14th
Side-by-side, Ivy left 19 and Aspen 17 - March 14th
Side-by-side, Ivy front 20 and Aspen 18 - March 15th
Olive feeding Ivy 20 and Aspen 18 days old - March 15th
Aspen on the rim of the nest - March 15th
Cute - chicks 18 and 20 days old - March 15th
Olive feeding Ivy 21 and Aspen 19 days old - March 16th
Ivy and Aspen kissing 21 & 19 days old - March 16th
Ivy does flappies 21 days old - March 16th
Olive feeding Ivy 22 and Aspen 20 days old - March 17th
Ivy 22 days old gets some lift - March 17th
Side-by-side, Ivy left 22 and Aspen 20 - March 17th
Ivy 23 days old on the rim of the nest - March 18th
Olive with Ivy and Aspen - March 18th
Olive feeding Ivy 23 and Aspen 21 days old - March 18th
Aspen does flappies 21 days old - March 18th
Side-by-side, Ivy left 23 and Aspen 21 - March 18th
Ivy front 24 and Aspen 22 - March 19th
Wing stretch, Ivy right 24 and Aspen 22 - March 19th
Ivy 24 days old has a cliffhanger - March 19th
Who's feeding who, Ivy Left 24 days old - March 19th
Ivy gets lift off 24 days old - March 19th
Ivy 25 days old gets big air - March 20th
Ivy and Aspen have an intruder - March 20th
Ivy 25 days old, first time off the nest to the branch - March 20th
Side-by-side, Ivy left 24 and Aspen 22 - March 20th
Aspen 23 days old gets big air - March 20th
Ivy 25 and Aspen 23 days old, last night on the nest - March 20th
Ivy 26 and Aspen 24 days old, fledged - March 21st
Chicks keep returning to the nest - March 21st
Puff ball, chicks return to the nest - March 21st
Olive keeps trying to keep chicks off the nest - March 22nd

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