Flighty Friday!

Kitties!

Mommy went out to take photos of the baby hummingbirds Thursday morning and they scared the bejeebers outta her--they flew right up at her and then into the tree!

They are fiesty little buggers.  Mommy couldn't see the second chick but she sure could hear it...they were both screaming their fool heads off while Missus Hummer dive-bombed Mommy.

About the only time they shut up was when they were getting fed--yup, Mommy saw it(!!)--but unfortunately she wasn't fast enough to get any photos.

The chicks are about half the size of their Mom, less than two inches (5 cm) long.  However, they have a ton of sass...

...and poop...still!

They are still sleeping in the nest but not for too much longer, we think, it's pretty small now compared to how much they've grown.  Since we have two hummerbird feeders they may stick around for a bit before they take off for their own territories--but we don't know for sure.  Hummers aren't known for their sharing abilities, MOL.  In fact, Mommy and Daddy were sitting on the bench in the front yard as it was getting dark and there were at least SIX of 'em squabbling over the feeders!  Topping off for the evening, no doubt.

Happy Friday!

XX  The Lounge Kats  XX

And then...there were Two!

Kitties!

It's Week Three of the Baby Hummer Story!

As you can see, the nestlings have gotten a lot bigger, and they have some pinfeathers already.   Baby #2 hatched out the day after the first one, so they are nine and ten days old now.  They don't seem to peep at all, but as you can see they sure can poop!  Missus Hummer has been busy busy busy feeding her babies, she's at the feeder elebenty billion times a day, filling up, plus our Salvia is in bloom and she loves the nectar from those flowers.  A couple readers have asked what type of hummers these are and Mommy is pretty sure they are Anna's Hummingbirds, but since the females are rather drab it's hard to tell for sure; and like Mommy wrote a pal the males (easier to identify) don't stick around, those faithless wretches, MOL.

Stay tuned for next Feathered Friday!

Happy Friday!

XX  The Lounge Kats  XX

Feathered Friday, Week TWO

Kitties!

Earlier this week Mommy got a short video of Mrs. Hummerbird sitting on her nest!

It was a very windy day, and as you know her cinematography is amateurish stinky at best, so it's not the greatest...but you can see the Missus in the center of the screen to start (if you look hard) and the eggs in the nest at the end.

See it on YouTube HERE

And then, just yesterday, there was THIS!!!

A baby chick!

And the other egg looks like the second chick hatching out; see the ring around the shell?

Mommy says the baby was bobbing his head around, and it's SO ugly it's adorable.

The hummer feeder is outside the window of Daddy's office, so when he see the Missus drinking he shouts and Mommy runs out with her phone to get a quick photo--that way she doesn't scare Mrs. Hummer off her nest any more.  Mommy will get more photos this week and hopefully we'll have another update next Friday...we are all SO excited!

Happy Friday!

XX  The Katnip Lounge  XX