June 20, 2011 – Last sighting of the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird nestling…
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird Fledgling (copyright - Derek Stone - 02b93fb.netsolhost.com/blog/)
Here’s the fourth and final entry on the website that is chronicling a Ruby-Throated Hummingbird baby… from egg to fledgling.
Here’s the last installment from The Nature Of Delaware Blog… (Join us in bookmarking this fabulous blog for repeat visits!)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird: All Grown Up!
By Derek Stoner, Conservation Project Coordinator
On Saturday, June 18, our class from the Naturalist Certification Series visited Coverdale Farm Preserve for a bird walk. Lots of great birds gave us plenty to appreciate, from Orchard Orioles to Indigo Buntings to Yellow Warblers.
The Ruby-throated Hummingbird nestling sits high in the nest, in the final day before fledgling. This is the last photograph of this bird in the nest. (Image by Derek Stoner, June 18, 2011.)
But the star of the show was the baby Ruby-throated Hummingbird, sitting in the nest where for the past three weeks he (or she?) has grown up on a branch of a Sycamore tree. Our group of curious onlookers gawked at the hummingbird 20 feet above our heads. With beak held apart, it appeared that the hummingbird was panting to keep cool in the late morning heat. Continue reading
June 15, 2011 – Ruby-Throated Hummingbird nestling is almost ready to fledge…
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird Nestling (copyright - Derek Stone - 02b93fb.netsolhost.com/blog/)
Here’s the third entry on the website that is chronicling a Ruby-Throated Hummingbird baby… from egg to fledgling.
We’ll continue posting more Ruby-Throated Hummingbird photos from the nest as they’re available. Here’s the third installment from The Nature Of Delaware Blog…
Ruby-throated Hummingbird: About to Fledge!
By Derek Stoner, Conservation Project Coordinator
A Ruby-throated Hummingbird nestling, about 15 days old, in its nest at Coverdale Farm Preserve. (Image by Derek Stoner, June 15, 2011.)
On June 15, I visited the Ruby-throated Hummingbird nest at Coverdale Farm for the third Wednesday in a row. At this point, the nestling hummingbird is an estimated 15-16 days old and looks much more like an adult hummingbird. The beak looks to have grown an additional quarter-inch in one week. Notice the bit of yellow color in the corner of the hummingbird’s beak (the gape flange) that is a common feature of young birds. Continue reading
June 8, 2011 – Ruby-Throated Hummingbird nestling in a perfectly camouflaged nest…
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird Nestling (copyright - Derek Stoner - http://02b93fb.netsolhost.com/blog/)
Here’s the second entry on the website that is chronicling a baby Ruby-Throated Hummingbird… from egg to fledging.
We’ll continue posting more Ruby-Throated Hummingbird photos from the nest as they’re available. Here’s the second installment (including his comments about the second baby) from The Nature Of Delaware Blog…
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Nest: Baby Time!
By Derek Stoner, Conservation Project Coordinator
A baby Ruby-throated Hummingbird rests its beak on the edge of its nest at Coverdale Farm Preserve. (Image by Derek Stoner, June 8, 2011.)
After photographing the Ruby-throated Hummingbird nest two weeks ago on May 24, I returned to the location at Coverdale Farm Preserve early this morning, hoping to find the results of the female’s incubation efforts.
Peeking inside the nest, I spied a tiny grayish lump! The baby hummingbird raised its head and emitted a high pitched chirp as I Continue reading
June 01, 2011 – Ruby-Throated Hummingbird mom incubating her eggs…
Adult Female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird On Nest (copyright - Derek Stoner - www.02b93fb.netsolhost.com/blog/)
I came across a fabulous website that is chronicling a Ruby-Throated Hummingbird baby… from its very beginning.
More Ruby-Throated Hummingbird photos and details will be posted just as soon as they’re available. Here’s the first installment from The Nature Of Delaware Blog…
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird: Nesting Time!
By Derek Stoner, Conservation Project Coordinator
In mid-May, Jim and Amy White discovered a Ruby-throated Hummingbird nest in a Sycamore tree along Burrows Run, in the middle of Coverdale Farm Preserve. The nest is on a branch about 20 feet above the ground and well-disguised amongst the leaves and lichen clusters.
A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird sits on her well-hidden nest in a Sycamore tree along Burrows Run. (Image by Derek Stoner, May 24, 2011.)
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird Eggs (copyright - Derek Stoner - www.02b93fb.netsolhost.com/blog/)
I took up the challenge of documenting this nest and I’ll leave it to your imagination as to how I obtained this photograph looking down into the nest!
A Ruby-throated Hummingbird nest at Coverdale Farm Preserve, in a Sycamore tree along Burrows Run. (Image by Derek Stoner, May 24, 2011.) Continue reading
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