These links will take you to a breathtaking series of photos were sent to us by Terry Sowers. The series depicts a hummingbird nest with two eggs and follows the nest through the hatching, and eventual maturity, of its tiny occupants.
The nest was located at the Oso Flaco Dunes Nature Preserve on the Central Coast of California. Nests of the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, which we see in Ohio, look almost identical.
2005 Nest
http://community-2.webtv.net/Velpics/HUM/
2003 Nest
http://community-2.webtv.net/hotmail.com/verle33/HummingBirdNest/
A friend of the Sowers', Vel, shot and edited the photos. Terry and his wife Susan recently visited the Lake Hope Nature Center to enjoy hand-feeding hummingbirds. Thank you Terry and Susan. :)
