Daily Note
Every day, a photograph, a poem. In 2021 this little hummingbird nested in our giant sycamore tree in this same spot. It survived, but the young in the egg did not make it. I cried. I still cry about the tiny little creature and its mother. It was the heat— 113 degrees Fahrenheit. We tried to help by placing a mister below the area, trying to lower the temperature.
We’ve been having a few cool days, and I hope it stays for the six weeks needed for the young one. Hatching can occur in two weeks, but the fledgling cannot fly for a month. I hope the weather holds.
About Hummingbirds
- Nests
- Hummingbird Chicks
- Smithsonian / National Zoo on Hummingbirds
- Audubon Hummingbird Facts
- In our yard:: Anna’s Hummingbird
Poetry
Little Hummingbird
Little hummingbird returns
Tiny nest snuggled
On a thin branch
That dangles softly
In the windLittle hummingbird watches
Whatever passes by,
Zips away and back
In the weather now so cool:
Waiting for the hatch.Please we call to nature
Sheri Edwards
To hold back the blazing heat
Until this lovely creatures’ young
Grows strong enough
To zip away alone.
05.24.23 145.365.23
Poetry/Photography [See-Frame-Focus]
Small hummingbird in its nest dangling from a small branch on the giant sycamore.
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