Allen's Hummingbird Nest - Spring 2024 2nd Clutch

An Allen's Hummingbird nest from Oceanside California Second Clutch Spring 2024

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This season brings you Olive, our beautiful year-round resident female Allen’s hummingbird, and her second clutch of 2024. 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 Highlights & Events

February 12, 2024 - Olive starts "nestorations"
February 20, 2024 - First egg laid 6:40 AM
February 22, 2024 - Second egg laid 6:43 AM
March 7, 2024 - First egg hatches at 10:35 AM
March 9, 2024 - Second egg hatches at 5:57 AM
March 11, 2024 - Chicks are named Skye and Sunny
March 18th - First night alone on the nest.
March 30 2024 - Skye fledges the nest.
April 2 2024 - Sunny fledges the nest.

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Beautiful Olive on her nest of two February 2023

What started out with a small Ficus tree in the corner of out patio has evolved over the years getting more protected each year from wind and crows. Along with improvements to the camera, lighting and sound.

Olive's nest in a small Ficus tree on our back patio

Allen's hummingbird nest not much bigger than a quarter

One of Olive's tail feathers on a United States quarter

Olive starts nestorations - February 12th

Olive and intruder - February 14th

Olive lays the first egg - February 20th at 6:40 AM

Oliver rolling and incubating her first egg - February 20th

Olives first night back on her nest on the nest - February 20th

Olive lays the second egg February 22nd at 6:43 AM

Two eggs in the nest - February 22nd

Olives first day Incubating her eggs - February 22nd

Olive has an intruder - February 22nd

First night for Olive on her 2 new eggs - February 22nd

Unseasonably warm. Olive shades the eggs and leaves room for air flow - February 23rd

Olives two eggs - February 24th

Olive on her nest incubating her eggs - February 24th

First chick starting to hatch 9:10AM - March 7th

First chick hatches at 10:35AM - March 7th

First feeding of first chick 11:21AM - March 7th

Olive, with her new chick and the egg - March 7th

Skye 1 day old and Sunny has not hatched yet - March 8th

Olive feeding Skye 1 day old - March 8th

First feeding of second chick 6:38AM - March 9th

Skye 3 days old left, and Sunny 1 day old right - March 10th

Olive Feeds Skye 3 and Sunny 1 day old - March 10th

Skye 4 days old and Sunny 2 days old - March 11th

Olive feeds Skye 4 days old and Sunny 2 days old - March 11th

Skye on the left 2 days older then Sunny on the right - March 12th

Skye's little wing 5 days old - March 12th

Olive feeds Skye 7 days old and Sunny 5 days old - March 13th

Sunny on the left 5 days old and Skye on the right 7 days old - March 13th

Olive feeds Skye 7 and Sunny 5 days old - March 14th

Sunny on the left 5 days old and Skye on the right 8 days old - March 14th

Olive feeds Skye 8 and Sunny 6 days old - March 15th

Sunny on the left 6 and Skye on the right 8 days old - March 15th

Skye on the left 9 and Sunny on the right 7 days old - March 16th

Olive feeds Skye 9 and Sunny 7 days old - March 16th

Olive snuggles with Skye and Sunny - Match 16th

Olive feeds chicks 8 and 10 days old - March 17th

Skye on the left and Sunny on the right 10 and 8 days old - March 17th

Olive telling the chicks a story - March 17th

Skye on the left and Sunny on the right 11 and 9 days old - March 18th

Olive feeds chicks 9 and 11 days old - March 18th

Chicks first night alone on the nest - March 18th

Sunny on the left and Skye on the right 10 and 12 days old - March 19th

Skye doing flappies - March 19th

Chicks have a visitor from a Hefty Fly - March 19th

Olive feeds chicks 10 and 12 days old - March 19th

Sunny back 11 and Skye front 13 days old - March 20th

Olive feeds chicks 11 and 13 days old - March 20th

Skye on the left and Sunny on the right 12 and 14 days old - March 21st

Skye doing wing flappies 14 days old - March 21st

Olive feeds chicks 12 and 14 days old - March 21st

Sunny on the left and Skye on the right 13 and 15 days old - March 22nd

Olive feeds chicks 13 and 15 days old - March 22nd

They are starting to do the two headed bird - March 22nd

Olive cuddles with her 12 and 14 day old chicks - March 23rd

Skye on the left and Sunny on the right 14 and 16 days old - March 23rd

Sunny on the left and Skye on the right 14 and 16 days old - March 23rd

Olive feeds her chicks 14 and 16 days old - March 23rd

Sunny on the left and Skye on the right 15 and 17 days old - March 24th

Olive feeds her chicks 15 and 17 days old - March 24th

Sunny back doing flappies 16 days old - March 25th

Olive feeds her chicks 16 and 18 days old - March 25th

Skye back 19 and Sunny front 17 days old - March 26th

Olive feeding from the branch - March 26th

Skye doing flappies 20 days old - March 27th

Skye does a cliffhanger, 20 days old - March 27th

Olive feeding chicks - March 27th

Skye left 20 and Sunny right 18 days old - March 27th

Cute, Sunny 19 and Skye 20 days old - March 28th

Olive feeding chicks 19 and 21 days old - March 28th

Doing the 2 headed bird 19 and 21 days old - March 28th

Two Pinecones, Sunny left and Skye on the right 20 and 21 days old - March 29th

All grown up, Sunny front Skye back - March 29th

Olive feeding chicks 20 and 22 days old - March 29th

Chicks doing flappies 20 and 22 days old - March 29th

Sunny Left Skye right 23 days old - March 30th

Olive feeding chicks 21 and 23 days old - March 30th

Sunny back 21, Skye front 23 days old - March 30th

Skye 23 days old, 1st time out of the nest - March 30th

Sunny top 22, Skye bottom 24 days old - March 31th

Skye 24 days old, first trip out of the nest area - March 31st

Olive feeding chicks 22 and 24 days old - March 31st

Skye Right 25, Sunny Left 23 days old - April 1st 30th

Olive forcing 25 day old Skye to fledge - April 1st

Olive feeding chicks 23 and 25 days old - April 1st

Chicks last night on the nest - April 1st

Sunny 24 days old first flight - April 2nd

Olive feeding chicks 24 and 26 days old - April 2nd

Sunny and Skye cuddling on a branch - April 2nd

Hungry chicks, Skye Left 27, Sunny right 25 days old - April 3rd

Olive feeding chicks 25 and 27 days old - April 3rd

Sunny hangs upside down, as Skye gets it from mom - April 3rd

Skye has Her wing over Sonny - April 3rd

Cute little pine cones - April 3rd

Olive Play fighting with the chicks- April 3rd

Chicks play fighting - April 4th

Chicks play fighting - April 5th

One of the chicks in the butterfly garden

The chicks have left the nest area

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