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Offline Kinderchick

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Re: Allen's Hummingbirds - California / Phoebe (2012)
« Reply #309 on: January 02, 2012, 15:12 »
Looks as if Bob fledged today around noon, PST. Rose looks incredulous. LOL! Check out the link below...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epC1kS_XR9M

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Re: Re: Allen's Hummingbirds - California / Phoebe (2011)
« Reply #308 on: December 31, 2011, 11:02 »
Both chicks are still in the nest. :)

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Re: Re: Allen's Hummingbirds - California / Phoebe (2011)
« Reply #307 on: December 29, 2011, 19:39 »
So, maybe we'll have a New Year's Eve fledge! 8)

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Re: Re: Allen's Hummingbirds - California / Phoebe (2011)
« Reply #306 on: December 28, 2011, 16:27 »
I just checked in on them as well, Elaine.  They are so cute!  And fledge-watch begins on Saturday already!  These little guys do everything at warp speed! :o

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Re: Re: Allen's Hummingbirds - California / Phoebe (2011)
« Reply #305 on: December 28, 2011, 16:24 »
Just paid an online visit to Phoebe's babies, and holy smoke!  they are stuffed in that nest like an elephant in a teacup!  I don't know how they avoid stabbing each other in the eye with their beaks in that limited space, but they do.  They seem to be very tolerant of being crowded; I would be very grumpy, if that was me.

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Re: Re: Allen's Hummingbirds - California / Phoebe (2011)
« Reply #304 on: December 23, 2011, 13:03 »
Bob & Rose sure are getting big! :o I'd forgotten how fast they grow!

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Re: Re: Allen's Hummingbirds - California / Phoebe (2011)
« Reply #303 on: December 17, 2011, 15:23 »
I've read somewhere on the Phoebe site that they don't ever know the genders of the babies because they fly off to establish their own territories once they've fledged and they're not banded.  They pick one male name and one female one for each clutch.

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Re: Re: Allen's Hummingbirds - California / Phoebe (2011)
« Reply #302 on: December 13, 2011, 21:02 »
MayShowers actually asked that question, Elaine, but I have to admit, I have wondered the same thing, particularly since hummingbird hatchlings are so tiny. I don't see how they could possibly identify the gender of the hatchlings. I think they just pick names and some sound like female names and some sound more like male names. :-\

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Re: Re: Allen's Hummingbirds - California / Phoebe (2011)
« Reply #301 on: December 13, 2011, 14:37 »
Kinderchick, I don't think that is a silly question.  From what I have read on BCAW and other bird sites, they often get the sex of the hatchling wrong.  So, I am wondering if they are just guessing, based on what, I don't know; because hummingbirds are so small, I would think you can't tell based on size, as is often the case with falcons.

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Re: Re: Allen's Hummingbirds - California / Phoebe (2011)
« Reply #300 on: December 13, 2011, 14:18 »
This is going to sound like a silly question, but how do they know the gender in order to name the hatchlings?

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Re: Re: Allen's Hummingbirds - California / Phoebe (2011)
« Reply #299 on: December 11, 2011, 17:01 »
Thanks great news! :D The 2nd hatchling's name is Rose.

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Re: Re: Allen's Hummingbirds - California / Phoebe (2011)
« Reply #298 on: December 11, 2011, 10:12 »
We had the second hatch this morning at 6:27 am PT!!!!!!

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Re: Re: Allen's Hummingbirds - California / Phoebe (2011)
« Reply #297 on: December 10, 2011, 19:30 »
Darn, missed the hatch! >:( Still, wonderful news, eagle! :D And right on schedule! First hatchling named "Bob" after Mr. P.'s 94 yr. old father, who's birthday it is today. 8) It's Mr. P.'s yard that Phoebe nests in every year, for those who are wondering who Mr. P. is.

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Re: Re: Allen's Hummingbirds - California / Phoebe (2011)
« Reply #296 on: December 10, 2011, 13:51 »
This is wonderful news!!  Welcome to Bob! :-*

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Re: Re: Allen's Hummingbirds - California / Phoebe (2011)
« Reply #295 on: December 10, 2011, 10:14 »
We have a first hatchling, pre-dawn hatch!!!!!!!!!!!!!