3/25/2005: Hummingbird nest documented

Undertoad · 03-25-2005, 09:17 AM

xoB points to this page documenting the hatching and development happening in a hummingbird's nest. If you go, keep clicking through; the first set is taken in 2003, but there is a new, sharper set for 2005, of which this is one image.

If it doesn't seem interesting, it's just the scale of the picture. You don't realize just how tiny this is! On the last page they have a toothpick marked at 1/2 inch segments, and a US penny, to show how small this chick really is. The chicks are smaller than that penny and the entire nest is about the size of your cupped palm (NOT including your fingers)!

glatt · 03-25-2005, 09:54 AM

Eww. That's a face only a mother could love. The eyes are all skinned over.

sniglet · 03-25-2005, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Eww. That's a face only a mother could love. The eyes are all skinned over.

Haven't spent much time around really young birds, eh glatt?

Birds is ugly. (Even African greys, I weaned mine.) But if you miss that initial 'this sucker looks undercooked' stage, they're not so bad.

Kitsune · 03-25-2005, 10:23 AM

Can someone post the link for the 2005 set?

Hyper little birds...

Trilby · 03-25-2005, 10:23 AM

Really cool! I'm sorry the one chick got thrown out of the house, though. Mean baby!

Karenv · 03-25-2005, 12:09 PM

Yes please post the 2005 link. All I get is 2003.

Very cool.

Undertoad · 03-25-2005, 12:12 PM

The last page of the 2003 has a link to the 2005. Direct link is:

http://community.webtv.net/Velpics/HUM

LabRat · 03-25-2005, 02:45 PM

Anyone know what the white stuff lining the nests is? Cotton they found, or something else? Looks snuggly.

sandra77 · 03-25-2005, 03:44 PM

What a great picture!! Another one our whole family will enjoy.

About the baby bird comment--Even baby chicks are pretty ugly when they are first hatched out but after a couple hours they dry off & are cute.

Sandra

xoxoxoBruce · 03-25-2005, 10:44 PM

Humans don't look that great.....fresh out.

Saknussem · 03-26-2005, 01:25 AM

I do love hummingbirds.

And now a message from my cat, when she saw this pic!

"I feel like chicken tonight, like chicken tonight"

http://www.privatehand.com/infinite/

Nightsong · 03-28-2005, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Saknussem

I do love hummingbirds.

And now a message from my cat, when she saw this pic!

"I feel like chicken tonight, like chicken tonight"

http://www.privatehand.com/infinite/

As cool as the hummingbirds are. Saknussem sight with the cats is kinda like the nightmares I have of actually being a character on a multi-dimensional television show. One where what I am doing is watched by what the next me is doing and so on and so on.....

Nightsong · 03-28-2005, 01:42 PM

Meaning to say the site is just plan cool, BTW

xoxoxoBruce · 03-28-2005, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saknussem

I do love hummingbirds.

And now a message from my cat, when she saw this pic!

"I feel like chicken tonight, like chicken tonight"

http://www.privatehand.com/infinite/

Uh,...welcome to the Cellar,

But damnit Man, I clicked on your link and started on the flash, then the Tom Lehrer offerings. It took me an hour to get back.
AND, the other night I got into the comics and never did get back here! :hafucking

sixfeet · 03-28-2005, 09:08 PM

Really cool pics, Love humming birds and we have plenty here

03-25-2005, 09:17 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	3/25/2005: Hummingbird nest documented xoB points to this page documenting the hatching and development happening in a hummingbird's nest. If you go, keep clicking through; the first set is taken in 2003, but there is a new, sharper set for 2005, of which this is one image. If it doesn't seem interesting, it's just the scale of the picture. You don't realize just how tiny this is! On the last page they have a toothpick marked at 1/2 inch segments, and a US penny, to show how small this chick really is. The chicks are smaller than that penny and the entire nest is about the size of your cupped palm (NOT including your fingers)!

03-25-2005, 10:23 AM	#5
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Really cool! I'm sorry the one chick got thrown out of the house, though. Mean baby! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-25-2005, 02:45 PM	#8
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Anyone know what the white stuff lining the nests is? Cotton they found, or something else? Looks snuggly. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

03-25-2005, 10:44 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Humans don't look that great.....fresh out. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-26-2005, 01:25 AM	#11
Saknussem Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 93	Very Cool!! I do love hummingbirds. And now a message from my cat, when she saw this pic! "I feel like chicken tonight, like chicken tonight" http://www.privatehand.com/infinite/

03-25-2005, 09:54 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Eww. That's a face only a mother could love. The eyes are all skinned over.

03-25-2005, 10:23 AM	#4
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Can someone post the link for the 2005 set? Hyper little birds...

03-25-2005, 12:09 PM	#6
Karenv Slacker Join Date: May 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 144	Yes please post the 2005 link. All I get is 2003. Very cool.

03-25-2005, 12:12 PM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The last page of the 2003 has a link to the 2005. Direct link is: http://community.webtv.net/Velpics/HUM

03-25-2005, 03:44 PM	#9
sandra77 Antagonistic Antagonist Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 22	What a great picture!! Another one our whole family will enjoy. About the baby bird comment--Even baby chicks are pretty ugly when they are first hatched out but after a couple hours they dry off & are cute. Sandra

03-28-2005, 01:42 PM	#13
Nightsong Wang Dude Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Carolina Posts: 177	Meaning to say the site is just plan cool, BTW

03-28-2005, 09:08 PM	#15
sixfeet Expectorant Inspector Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 3rd rock from the sun...lol..South Carolina Posts: 31	Really cool pics, Love humming birds and we have plenty here __________________ I know nothing, I am only the messenger.....

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