Allen's Hummingbird Nest - Spring 2025 1st Clutch

An Allen's Hummingbird nest from Oceanside California First Clutch Spring 2025

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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Olive on her nest of two chicks - April 19th

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

Clutch Scrapbook: Beginning to End

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

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

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 — Feeding Autumn back and Forest front 4 and 2 days old - Dec16th

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

Autumn front 15 days old, Forest back 13 days old - December 27th

Olive feeding 13 and 15 day old chicks - 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

Forest doing flappies 14 days old - December 28th

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

Autumn left 22 days old, Forest right 20 days old - January 3rd

Olive feeding 20 and 22 day old chicks - 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 — Olive cuddles with Forest and 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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