Allen's Hummingbird Nest - Spring 2025 1st Clutch

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 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 1

  • 🪹 November 23, 2024 - Olive starts "nestorations"
  • 🥚 November 26, 2024 - First egg laid 6:43 AM
  • 🥚 November 28, 2024 - Second egg laid 6:51 AM
  • 🐣 December 12, 2024 - Hatch Watch Begins
  • 🐣 December 12, 2024 - First chick hatches 11:06 AM
  • 🐣 December 14, 2024 - Second chick hatches 6:28 AM
  • 🥳 December 16, 2024 - Chicks are named Autumn and Forest
  • 🌜 December 27, 2024 - Chicks First night alone on the nest
  • 🪹 January 7, 2025 - Autumn fledges the nest
  • 🪹 January 9, 2025 - Forest fledges the nest
  • 🌳 January 9, 2025 - Both chicks fledge to the Liquid Amber tree

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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 - 2025 1st 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 Nestorations 11/23/2025
We See the 1st Egg November 26th 6:43 AM
Proud mom incubating her first egg November 26th
Olive's first night on the nest November 26th
Olive lays the 2nd Egg November 28th
We See the 2nd Egg November 26th 6:51 AM
Proud mom Incubating two eggs November 28th
Olive with cobwebs on her head December 3rd
First chick hatches December 12th 11:06 AM
Olive feed her first chick for the first time - December 12th
First chick 1 day old December 13th
Olive on her nest of 1 chick and 1 egg December 13th
Side-by-side, one is two hours old, and one is two days old - Dec 14th
Olive Feeds her chicks Autumn and Forest - December 14th
Forest left 1 day old and Autumn right 3 days old - December 15th
Feeding Autumn left and Forest right 3 and 1 days old - Dec 15
Feeding Autumn back and Forest front 4 and 2 days old - Dec 16th
Forest left 2 day old and Autumn right 4 days old - December 16th
Feeding 3 and 5 day old chicks - December 17th
Forest left 3 day old and Autumn right 5 days old - December 17th
Forest left 4 days old and Autumn right 6 days old - December 18th
Olive feeding 4 and 6 day old chicks - December 18th
Autumn left 7 days old and Forest right 5 days old - December 19th
Olive Feeding 5 and 7 day old chicks - December 19th
Olive feeding 6 and 8 day old chicks - December 20th
Autumn front 8 days old and Forest back 6 days old - December 20th
Olive feeding Autumn and Forest 9 and 7 Days old - December 21st
Autumn left 9 days old and Forest right 7 days old - December 21st
Autumn back 10 days old and Forest front 8 days old - Dec 22nd
Olive feeding 8 and 10 day old chicks - December 22nd
Forest back 9 days old and Autumn front 11 days old - December 23rd
Olive feeding 9 and 11 day old chicks - December 23rd
Chicks just starting little flappies - December 23rd
Autumn back 12 days old, Forest front 10 days old - December 24th
Olive feeding 10 and 12 day old chicks - December 24th
Forest back 11 days old, Autumn front 13 days old - December 25th
Olive feeding 11 and 13 day old chicks - December 25th
Autumn left 14 days old, Forest right 12 days old - December 26th
Autumn 14 days old doing flappies - December 26th
Olive feeding 12 and 14 day old chicks - December 26th
Olive's last night on the nest - December 26th
Olive feeding 13 and 15 day old chicks - December 27th
Autumn front 15 days old, Forest back 13 days old - December 27th
Autumn's wings 15 days old - December 27th
Olive feeding 14 and 16 day old chicks - December 28th
Autumn back 16 days old, Forest front 14 days old - December 28th
Autumn's wings 15 days old - December 27th
Forest doing flappies 14 days old - December 28th
Olive feeding 15 and 17 day old chicks - December 29th
Forest left 15 days old, Autumn right 17 days old - December 29th
Forest doing flappies 15 days old - December 29th
Olive feeding 16 and 18 day old chicks - December 30th
Autumn back 18 days old, Forest front 16 days old - December 30th
Autumn doing flappies 18 days old - December 30th
Autumn left 19 days old, Forest right 17 days old - December 31st
Autumn doing flappies 19 days old - December 31st
Olive feeding 17 and 19 day old chicks - December 31st
Forest left 18 days old, Autumn right 20 days old - January 1st
Olive feeding 18 and 20 day old chicks - January 1st
Forest doing flappies 18 days old - January 1st
Forest left 19 days old, Autumn right 21 days old - January 2nd
Olive feeding 19 and 21 day old chicks - January 2nd
Autumns wings 21 days old - January 2nd
Autumn left 22 days old, Forest right 20 days old - January 3rd
Olive feeding 20 and 22 day old chicks - January 3rd
Forest wings 20 days old - January 3rd
Olive cuddles with Forest and Autumn 20 & 22 day old - January 3rd
Olive feeding 21 and 23 day old chicks - January 4th
Autumn back 23 days old, Forest front 21 days old - January 4th
Olive cuddles with Forest and Autumn 21 & 23 day old - January 4th
Tandem wing stretch Forest 21 and Autumn 23 days old - January 4th
Early morning flappies Forest 22 days old - January 5th
Olive cuddles with Forest & Autumn 22 & 24 day old - January 5th
Forest and Autumn practice turn signals - January 5th
Olive feeding 22 and 24 day old chicks - January 5th
Autumn back 25 days old, Forest front 23 days old - January 6th
Autumn 25 days old doing wing exercises - January 6th
Olive feeding 23 and 25 day old chicks - January 6th
Olive cuddles with Forest & Autumn 23 & 25 day old - January 6th
Olive feeding 24 and 26 day old chicks - January 7th
Autumn leaves the nest for her first time 26 days old - January 7th
Forest front 24 days old Autumn back 26 days old - January 7th
Autumn left Forest right 24 and 26 days old - January 7th
Autumn leaving the nest again 27 days old - January 8th
Autumn front 27 days old Forest back 25 days old - January 8th
Olive feeding 25 and 27 day old chicks - January 8th
Autumn back and Forest front 27 and 25 days old - January 8th
Forest fledges the nest 26 days old - January 9th
Autumn in the Liquid Amber tree 28 days old - January 9th
Olive finds and feeds Autumn 28 days old - January 9th
Chicks are gone Autumn 28 and Forest 26 days old - January 9th
Olive watching over her chicks in the Liquid Amber tree - January 9th

 

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