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 Highlights & Events

  • 🪹 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 check hatches 11:06 AM
  • 🐣 December 14, 2024 - Second check hatches 6:28 AM

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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 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 November 3rd
First chick hatches December 12th 11:06 AM
First chicks very first feeding 11:32 AM
First chick 1 day old November 13th
Olive on her nest of 1 chick and 1 egg Nov 13th

 

Thank you so much for your support! As you know, everything we do here is on a volunteer basis. The revenue we receive from YouTube and your generous donations helps cover some of our expenses, including hardware, software, internet, the website, and more. These expenses really add up, which is why we had to establish a non-profit organization. Each year, we invest much more into this project than earn, and our tax advisor warned that this isn’t sustainable and could trigger an IRS audit.

This truly is a labor of love for all of us, and we put in thousands of hours each year to make it happen. We are deeply grateful for your continued support!

 

Venmo @alyssasnaturesanctuary

Also check out Olives Online Store: https://alyssasnaturesanctuary.myspreadshop.com

And here is a link to things around Olive's Yard: https://kit.co/alyssanaturesanctuary/olive-s-yard