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diameter, and worked rapidly witUShiU to attach grayishins
to the outside of
spider webbing,
led yet again to
Imale — silent,
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pea-sized eggs.
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In an 1892 essay, ornithologist Bradford Torrey wrote that the hummingbird’s nest is “a model of artistic workmanship.” In these days of political correctness, that should be changed to “workwomanship;” the female works alone in building the nest, incubating the two eggs and raising the young. Not only does she work alone but if the male — any male — ventures into her nesting territory, he is attacked and driven away by dives accompanied by angry squeaking.
The female feeds her nestlings partially digested nectar and insects. I watched this feeding once in Texas, and it was a fearsome sight!
The female stuck her long bill straight down into the open mouth of the young and jabbed vigorously; she was
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