Allen's Hummingbird Nest - Spring 2024 4th Clutch

Brook and Summer

An Allen's Hummingbird nest from Oceanside California Spring 2024

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 forth 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

  • 🪹 May 8, 2024 - Olive starts "nestorations"
  • 🥚 May 13, 2024 - First egg laid 7:25 AM
  • 🥚 May 15, 2024 - Second egg laid 7:48 AM
  • 🐣 May 29, 2024 - First egg hatches 2:15 PM
  • 🐣 May 31, 2024 - Second egg hatches 5:32 AM
  • 🥳 June 3, 2024 - Chicks are named Summer and Brook
  • ✈️ June 22, 2024 - Summer fledges the nest 7:54 AM
  • ✈️ June 22, 2024 - Brook fledges the nest 1:53 PM

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Links to past years:
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

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

CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE

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
Olives Wing Feather on a US Quarter
Olive laying the second egg 7:48 AM - May 15th
Two eggs 9:00 AM - May 15th
Olive Incubating her eggs - May 16th
Olive Incubating her eggs - May 18th
First chick hatches at 2:15 PM - May 29th
Olive feeding just hatched chick for the first time - May 29th
Early morning hatch, first sight of chick at 5:32 - May 31st
Olive feeds second chick for the first time - May 31st
Chicks first day together - May 31st
Olive feeding both chicks in the afternoon - May 31st
Brook 1 day old left and Summer 3 days old right - June 1st
Olive feeding Brook and Summer 1 and 3 days old - June 1st
Brook 2 day old left and Summer 4 days old right - June 2nd
Olive feeding Brook and Summer 2 and 4 days old - June 2nd
Brook 3 days old left and Summer 5 days old right - June 3rd
House Finch Intruder at the nest - June 3rd
Olive feeding Brook and Summer 3 and 5 days old - June 3rd
Hungry Chicks Brook 4 left and Summer 6 days old right - June 4th
Olive feeding Brook and Summer 4 and 6 days old - June 4th
Olive feeds Summer sitting on the nest - June 4th
Summer left 7 and Brook right 5 days old - June 5th
Olive feeding Brook and Summer 5 and 7 days old - June 5th
Hungry chick peeks out beside Olive - June 5th
Brook 6 days old left and Summer 8 days old right - June 6th
Olive feeding Brook and Summer 6 and 8 days old - June 6th
Summer 9 days old left and Brook 7 days old right - June 7th
Olive feeding Brook and Summer 7 and 9 days old - June 7th
Summer 9 and Brook 7, first night alone on the nest - June 7th
Brook 8 days old left and Summer 10 days old right - June 8th
Olive feeding Brook and Summer 8 and 10 days old - June 8th
Summer starting to do flappies - June 8th
Brook 9 days old left and Summer 11 days old right - June 9th
Olive feeds then cuddles with the chicks - June 9th
Olive feeding Brook and Summer 9 and 11 days old - June 9th
Summer 11 days old doing flappies - June 9th
Brook 10 days old left and Summer 12 days old right - June 10th
Olive feeding Brook and Summer 10 and 12 days old - June 10th
Summer 12 days old doing flappies - June 10th
Summer 13 days old left and Brook 11 days old right - June 11th
Olive feeding Brook and Summer 11 and 13 days old - June 11th
Summer 13 days old doing flappies - June 11th
Brook 12 days old left and Summer 14 days old right - June 12th
Olive feeding Brook and Summer 12 and 14 days old - June 12th
Summer 14 days old doing flappies - June 12th
Olive feeds then cuddles with the chicks - June 12th
Brook 13 days old left and Summer 15 days old right - June 13th
Olive feeding Brook and Summer 13 and 15 days old - June 13th
Summer 15 days old doing flappies - June 13th
Summer 16 days old left and Brook 14 days old right - June 14th
Olive feeding Brook and Summer 14 and 16 days old - June 14th
Brook 14 days old doing flappies - June 14th
Summer back 17 and Brook front 15 days old - June 15th
Olive feeding Brook and Summer 15 and 17 days old - June 15th
Brook 15 days old doing flappies - June 15th
Brook on the left 16 and Summer on the right 18 days old - June 16th
Olive feeding Brook and Summer 16 and 18 days old - June 16th
Brook 16 days old doing flappies - June 16th
Brook on the left 17 and Summer on the right 19 days old - June 17th
Olive hover feeding Brook and Summer 17 and 19 days old - June 17th
Summer on the left 20 and Brook on the right 18 days old - June 18th
Brook 18 days old doing flappies - June 18th
Olive feeding Brook and Summer 18 and 20 days old - June 18th
Brook flappies kiss 18 days old - June 18th
Brook on the left 19 and Summer on the right 21 days old - June 19th
Olive hover feeding Summer 21 days old - June 19th
Summer 21 days old doing flappies - June 19th
Olive hover feeding Brook 19 days old - June 19th
Brook on the left 20 and Summer on the right 22 days old - June 20th
Brook on the left 20 and Summer on the right 22 days old - June 20th
Olive branch feeding Summer 22 days old - June 20th
Brook on the left 21 and Summer on the right 23 days old - June 21st
Olive feeding Brook and Summer 21 and 23 days old - June 21st
Summer and Brook perching 21 and 23 days old - June 21st
Brook and Summers last night on the nest - June 21st
Summer 24 days old fledges the nest at 7:54 AM - June 22nd
Summer looking at her new world - June 22nd
Brook looking at his new world - June 22nd
Brook 22 days old fledges the nest at 1:53 AM - June 22nd
Empty nest, Brook and Summer have left - June 22nd


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